Matter of Zachariah W. v. Dominique W.

Appeal by the mother from an order of fact-finding of the Family Court, Kings County (Michael Ambrosio, J.), dated December 8, 2015. The order, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the mother neglected the subject child.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the facts, without costs or disbursements, the petition is denied, and the proceeding is dismissed.

The Administration for Children’s Services (hereinafter ACS) filed a child neglect petition four days after the mother gave birth to the subject child in a Brooklyn hospital. During the initial days in the hospital, the child was placed…