Case Name: In the Matter of Negus T. Administration for Children's Services, Respondent; Fayme B., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2014-12-10
Citations: 123 A.D.3d 836
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Negus T. Administration for Children’s Services, Respondent; Fayme B., Appellant.
Judges: Dillon, J.P., Dickerson, Austin and Cohen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 123
Pages: 836–837

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Negus T. Administration for Children’s Services, Respondent; Fayme B., Appellant.
[996 NYS2d 544]

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of fact-finding of the Family Court, Kings County (Amanda E. White, J.), dated September 6, 2013. The order, after a fact-finding hearing, found that the mother neglected the subject child.
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
At a fact-finding hearing in a neglect proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, a petitioner has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that the subject child was neglected (see Family Ct Act § 1046 [b] [i]; Nicholson v Scoppetta, 3 NY3d 357, 368 [2004]; Matter of Tammie Z., 66 NY2d 1, 3 [1985]). The hearing court's credibility determinations are accorded great weight (see Matter of China C. [Alexis C.], 116 AD3d 953 [2014]). Contrary to the mother's contention, the Family Court's determination that she neglected the subject child was supported by a preponderance of the evidence. The evidence adduced at the hearing established that the subject child was in imminent danger of becoming physically, mentally, or emotionally impaired as a result of the mother's mental illness (see Matter of Amber Gold J. [Vanessa J.], 88 AD3d 1001 [2011]; Matter of Faith J., 47 AD3d 630 [2008]). The evidence further established that the mother maintained the child's home in a deplorable and unsanitary condition (see Matter of Mariah C. [Frey C.-M.], 84 AD3d 1372 [2011]; Matter of Isaac J. [Joyce J.], 75 AD3d 506 [2010]).
Accordingly, the Family Court properly found that the mother neglected the subject child.
Dillon, J.P., Dickerson, Austin and Cohen, JJ., concur.