Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2005

In re Regina P.

In re Regina P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 27, 2005
19 A.D.3d 698; 798 N.Y.S.2d 124; 2005 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7249
In re Regina P.

Opinion of the Court

In a child protective proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from an order of fact-finding and disposition of the Family Court, Rockland County (Horowitz, J., on the order; Garvey, J., at hearing), dated January 20, 2004, which, after a fact-finding hearing, found that she had neglected the subject child and placed her under the supervision of the Rockland County Department of Social Services, Child Protective Services, for a period of one year.

Ordered that the appeal from so much of the order of fact-finding and disposition as placed the mother under the supervision of the Rockland County Department of Social Services, Child Protective Services, for a period of one year is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements, and it is further,

Ordered that the order of fact-finding and disposition is affirmed insofar as reviewed, without costs or disbursements.

The appeal from that portion of the order of fact-finding and disposition which placed the mother under the supervision of the Rockland County Department of Social Services, Child Protective Services, for a period of one year must be dismissed as academic because that portion of the order expired by its own terms (see Matter of Dareth O., 304 AD2d 667 [2003]). However, the adjudication of neglect constitutes a permanent and significant stigma which might indirectly affect the mother’s status in any future proceedings. Therefore, the appeal from so much of the order of fact-finding and disposition as determined that she neglected her child is not academic (see Matter of Dareth O., supra).

Contrary to the mother’s contention, the petitioner established, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the subject child was educationally neglected (see Matter of Amanda K., 13 AD3d 193 [2004]).

The mother’s remaining contentions are without merit. H. Miller, J.P., Ritter, Goldstein and Skelos, JJ., concur.

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