Matter of Brian S.
2007 NY Slip Op 05024 [41 AD3d 1276]
June 8, 2007
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, August 15, 2007


In the Matter of Brian S. and Others, Infants. Erie County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Lori S., Respondent-Appellant.

[*1] Alan Birnholz, East Amherst, for respondent-appellant.

Joseph T. Jarzembek, Buffalo, for petitioner-respondent. David C. Schopp, Law Guardian, the Legal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, Inc., Buffalo (Charles D. Halvorsen of counsel), for Brian S., Alexus S. and Jessy S.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Patricia A. Maxwell, J.), entered August 29, 2006 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order terminated respondent's parental rights and awarded custody and guardianship of the children to petitioner.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Family Court. Present—Gorski, J.P., Smith, Centra, Lunn and Fahey, JJ.