Matter of Hannah T.R. (Soya R.)

Appeal by the mother from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (llana Gruebel, J.), dated January 5, 2016. The order granted the motion of the subject child to testify at a fact-finding hearing via closed-circuit television.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

A respondent parent’s “right to be present at every stage of a Family Court Act article 10 proceeding is not absolute, as such a proceeding is civil in nature” (Matter of Q.-L.H., 27 AD3d 738, 739 [2006]). The Family Court must balance the respondent parent’s due process rights with the mental and…