| Matter of Joseph E.K. (Lithia K.) |
| 2014 NY Slip Op 08153 [122 AD3d 1374] |
| November 21, 2014 |
| Appellate Division, Fourth Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Joseph E.K., an Infant. Niagara County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Lithia K., Appellant. (Appeal No. 2.) |
David J. Farrugia, Public Defender, Lockport (Mary-Jean Bowman of counsel), for respondent-appellant.
Abraham J. Platt, Lockport, for petitioner-respondent.
Mary Anne Connell, Attorney for the Child, Buffalo.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Niagara County (John F. Batt, J.), entered September 30, 2013 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order terminated the parental rights of respondent on the ground of permanent neglect.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the petition is dismissed.
Same memorandum as in Matter of Joseph E.K. ([appeal No. 1] 122 AD3d 1373 [Nov. 21, 2014]). Present—Scudder, P.J., Centra, Lindley, Sconiers and DeJoseph, JJ.