Matter of Raniya P. (Robert P.)
2023 NY Slip Op 04886 [219 AD3d 1715]
September 29, 2023
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, November 8, 2023


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 In the Matter of Raniya P. Erie County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Robert P., Sr., Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.)

Caitlin M. Connelly, Buffalo, for respondent-appellant.

Rebecca Hoffman, Buffalo, for petitioner-respondent.

Jennifer Z. Blackhall, Cheektowaga, Attorney for the Child.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Kelly A. Brinkworth, J.), entered May 9, 2022, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, among other things, adjudged that respondent permanently neglected the subject child and transferred respondent's guardianship and custody rights with respect to the subject child to petitioner.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the February 25, 2022 decision at Family Court. Present—Whalen, P.J., Bannister, Montour and Greenwood, JJ.