| Matter of Joseph P.S. v New York City Admin. for Children's Servs. |
| 2013 NY Slip Op 01607 [104 AD3d 484] |
| March 14, 2013 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Joseph P.S., Respondent, et al.,
Petitioners, v New York City Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents, and Jeffrey K. et al., Intervenors-Appellants. |
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Jerald D. Kreppel, New York, for Joseph P.S., respondent.
Tamara A Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Judith Waksberg of counsel),
attorney for the child.
Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about May 22, 2012, which granted petitioner paternal grandfather's application for discovery of documents concerning the intervenor foster parents to the extent of permitting the grandfather's counsel to inspect a redacted version of the records in the courtroom prior to the dispositional/custody hearing, and to discuss the records with the grandfather for the purposes of the hearing, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court properly determined that information concerning the foster parents' fitness to adopt the subject child is relevant to the combined proceeding on the agency's petition to terminate the father's parental rights to free the child for adoption by the foster parents, and the grandfather's petition for custody of the child (see Social Services Law § 372 [4] [a]; Matter of Louis F., 42 NY2d 260, 264-265 [1977]). The court properly reviewed the records and redacted the portions that are not relevant to the issues in the upcoming proceeding, such as the identification of family members and physical locations, and properly limited disclosure of the information to the proceeding. Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Tom, Richter and Abdus-Salaam, JJ.
Motion to reargue prior motion or for further relief denied.