Matter of Isabella S. (Robert T.)
Cases that cite this one
17 later published cases cite this decision.
- Matter of Abeba N. v. Joseph N. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
- Matter of M.G. v. Marquise G. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2025)
- Matter of E. L. v. Justin L. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
- Matter of J.A. (Jermaine M.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2024)
- Matter of Na'ima W. (Kenyatta W.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Niveyama C-T. (Antwon C-T.--Antoinette C-T.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Niveyama C-T. (Antwon C-T.--Antoinette C-T.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2021)
- Matter of Janiya P. (Scott G.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2020)
- Matter of Deandre C. (Luis D.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Matter of Serenity G. v. Modi K. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Matter of Kimora D. (Joseph C.--Ojetta T.D.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Matter of Jermaine K.R. (Jermaine R.--Taerae S.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2019)
- Matter of John M.M. (Michael M.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- Matter of AnnMarie S.W. (Raheem Sandford W.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- Matter of Jaiden M. (Jeffrey R.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- Matter of Bobbi B. (Bobby B.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
- Matter of Adam C. (Charles R.) (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2018)
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Opinion
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Alma M. Gomez, J.), entered on or about May 31, 2016, which, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, dismissed the neglect petition as to Jace T, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs, to enter a finding that respondent neglected Jace T. and remand the matter for a dispositional hearing.
Respondent is the father of Jace T. and a person legally responsible for the care of Isabella S. The mother testified that the father choked her in the presence of six-year-old Isabella and only a couple of feet away from where then four-month-old Jace was sleeping in his crib. The mother’s testimony was supported by shelter records; the father did not testify. Family Court found the mother’s testimony was credible and supported a finding that the father neglected Isabella. The same evidence also supports a finding that the father neglected Jace.
Even a single instance of domestic violence may be a proper basis for a finding of neglect, so long as it “occurred in the child’s presence and resulted in physical, mental or emotional impairment or imminent danger thereof” (Matter of Emily S. [Jorge S.], 146 AD3d 599, 600 [1st Dept 2017]; Matter of Allyerra E. [Alando E.], 132 AD3d 472, 473 [1st Dept 2015], lv denied 26 NY3d 913 [2015]). Jace was in imminent danger of physical impairment due to his close proximity to the violence (see Matter of Kelly A. [Ghyslaine G.], 95 AD3d 784, 784 [1st Dept 2012]; Matter of Gianna C.-E. [Alonso E.], 77 AD3d 408, 408 [1st Dept 2010]). The father’s assertion that Jace was in “another part of” or “somewhere else in” the one-room residence at the time of the attack is unsupported by the record.
We have considered the remaining arguments and find them unavailing.
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