Case Name: In the Matter of Mativane H. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abused. Marion K. et al., Respondents; Joan K., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-01-30
Citations: 235 A.D.2d 373
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Mativane H. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abused. Marion K. et al., Respondents; Joan K., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 235
Pages: 373–373

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Mativane H. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abused. Marion K. et al., Respondents; Joan K., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Respondent.
[652 NYS2d 980]

Opinion:
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Leah Marks, J.), entered October 25, 1995, which, inter alia, placed the subject children with the Commissioner of Social Services for a period of up to 12 months, following a fact-finding determination that appellant had abused and neglected them, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The record shows that appellant, the subject children's grandmother, had engaged in many different aspects of child-rearing on a daily basis, and was therefore the "functional equivalent" of the children's parent who could be properly charged with their abuse and neglect (see, Matter of Yolanda D., 88 NY2d 790, 795). The loco parentis test urged by appellant has been specifically rejected by the Court of Appeals (supra, at 796). Concur—Sullivan, J. P., Rosenberger, Wallach and Williams, JJ.