Case Name: In the Matter of the M. Children, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Caroline M., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1998-10-01
Citations: 254 A.D.2d 27
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the M. Children, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Caroline M., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 254
Pages: 27–28

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the M. Children, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Caroline M., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent.
[678 NYS2d 99]

Opinion:
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Edward Kaufmann, J.), entered June 14, 1995, which placed respondent's children with petitioner Commissioner of Social Services for a period of one year upon a finding of mental illness, unanimously affirmed as to the child Eugene, and the appeal therefrom unanimously dismissed as to the other three children, who subsequently were freed for adoption or turned 18 years old, all without costs.
A preponderance of the evidence shows that respondent is suffering from a mental illness for which she has been refusing treatment, and which caused the children to miss a substantial amount of school (see, Matter of Madeline R., 214 AD2d 445). We have considered respondent's remaining contentions and find them unavailing. Concur — Milonas, J. P., Rosenberger, Ellerin and Andrias, JJ.