| Matter of Ruth Joanna O.O. (Melissa O.) |
| 2017 NY Slip Op 08040 [30 NY3d 985] |
| November 16, 2017 |
| Court of Appeals |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| As corrected through Wednesday, December 20, 2017 |
| In the Matter of Ruth Joanna O.O., a Child Alleged to be Neglected. Melissa O., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent. |
Decided November 16, 2017
Matter of Ruth Joanna O.O. (Melissa O.), 149 AD3d 32, affirmed.
The Feinman Law Firm, White Plains (Steven N. Feinman of counsel), for appellant.
Zachary W. Carter, Corporation Counsel, New York City (Emma Grunberg, Richard Dearing and Fay Ng of counsel), for respondent.
Seymour W. James, Jr., Legal Aid Society, New York City (Susan Clement of counsel), Attorney for the Child.
Katherine Moore, Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey, for Brooklyn Law School Disability and Civil Rights Clinic and others, amici curiae.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, without costs, and certified question answered in the affirmative. Record support exists for the affirmed findings that Melissa O. committed acts constituting child neglect and the child is a neglected child as defined in Family Court Act § 1012.
Concur: Chief Judge DiFiore and Judges Rivera, Stein, Fahey, Garcia, Wilson and Feinman.
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