In the Matter of Nakelia T.

Motion No: M-2116

Slip Opinion No: 2017 NYSlipOp 74575(U)

Decided on May 23, 2017

Appellate Division, First Department, Motion Decision

Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.

This motion is uncorrected and is not subject to publication in the Official Reports.

May 23, 2017

In the Matter of

Nakelia T.,

A Child Under 18 Years of Age Alleged

to be Neglected Under Article 10of the Family Court Act. Docket No. NN-41422/15

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Administration for Children's Services,

Petitioner-Respondent,

Ihesiah M.,

Respondent-Appellant.

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Seymour W. James, Jr., Esq., The Legal

Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division,

Attorney for the Child.

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An appeal having been taken to this Court from the order of the Family Court, New York County, entered on or about June 8, 2016, and said appeal having been perfected,And petitioner-respondent having moved for dismissal of the aforesaid appeal, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motion, and due deliberation having been had thereon, It is ordered that the motion is denied, without prejudice to raising the substantive arguments in the respondent's brief upon hearing of the appeal. ENTERED: May 23, 2017

_____________________ CLERK

Present - Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, Presiding Justice, Dianne T. Renwick Angela M. Mazzarelli Richard T. Andrias Sallie Manzanet-Daniels, Justices

M-2116