| Matter of Cora P. |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 02158 [49 AD3d 650] |
| March 11, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Cora P. Nassau County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Ann P., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Ola P. Nassau County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Ann P., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) |
—[*1]
Lorna B. Goodman, County Attorney, Mineola, N.Y. (Gerald R. Podlesak of counsel), for
respondent.
Patricia Latzman, Port Washington, N.Y., Law Guardian.
In two related proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights on the grounds of mental illness and permanent neglect, the mother appeals from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Nassau County (Foskey, J.) dated September 8, 2006, as amended October 5, 2006, which, after fact-finding and dispositional hearings, terminated her parental rights on the grounds of mental illness and permanent neglect and transferred custody of the subject children to the Nassau County Department of Social Services for the purpose of adoption.
Ordered that the order of disposition, as amended, is affirmed, without costs or disbursements. [*2]
The petitioner Nassau County Department of Social Services demonstrated by clear and convincing proof (see Social Services Law § 384-b [3] [g]) that the mother is presently, and will be for the foreseeable future, unable by reason of mental illness to provide proper and adequate care for the subject children (see Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [c]; Matter of Amanda Ann B., 38 AD3d 537, 538 [2007]; Matter of Imelda R., 32 AD3d 519, 520-521 [2006]; Matter of Lina Catalina R., 21 AD3d 563, 564 [2005]; Matter of Harlem Dowling-Westside Ctr. for Children & Family Servs. v Marion L.C., 264 AD2d 845 [1999]).
The mother's remaining contentions are without merit. Spolzino, J.P., Angiolillo, Balkin and Leventhal, JJ., concur.