| Matter of Pahyttene Uriah V.A.J.C. (Arkia B.) |
| 2019 NY Slip Op 00556 [168 AD3d 599] |
| January 29, 2019 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Pahyttene Uriah V.A.J.C., Also Known as Pahyttene C., an Infant. Arkia B., Respondent; Catholic Guardian Services, Respondent, et al., Respondent. |
Michele Cortese, Center for Family Representation, Inc., New York (Christine Bruno of counsel), for Arkia B., respondent.
Joseph T. Gatti, New York, for Catholic Guardian Services, respondent.
Dawne A. Mitchell, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Judith Stern of counsel), attorney for the child.
Order, Family Court, New York County (Jane Pearl, J.), entered on or about July 13, 2018, which, inter alia, suspended for one year a judgment that respondent mother permanently neglected the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court providently exercised its discretion in ordering a suspended judgment that the court found would be in the child's best interests (see Matter of Zachary CC., 301 AD2d 714, 715 [3d Dept 2003]). The attorney for the child, the only party seeking reversal, did not cite a single case in which we have reversed a trial judge's suspension of a termination of parental rights as an abuse of discretion. Moreover, respondent Catholic Guardian Services, which has been involved with this family for many years, strongly recommended a suspended judgment, and the mother has complied with her service plan by attending and completing required services, testing negative for drugs, and maintaining consistent visitation. Concur—Friedman, J.P., Gische, Kapnick, Gesmer, Moulton, JJ.