Matter of Kharyn O. (Karen O.), 2011 NY Slip Op 09180 [90 AD3d 541]

Dcmbr 20, 2011

Appellate Division, First Department

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Lisa H. Blitman, New York, for appellant.

Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola (Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for respondent.

Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Judith Waksberg and Laura Dillon of counsel), attorney for the child.

Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about March 3, 2010, which terminated respondent mother’s parental rights to the subject child following her admission of permanent neglect, and committed the guardianship and custody of the child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Administration for Children’s Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

A preponderance of the evidence supports Family Court’s finding that it is in the child’s best interests to terminate respondent’s parental rights and free the child for adoption ( see Family Ct Act § 631; Matter of Star Leslie W ., 63 NY2d 136, 147-148 [1984]). The evidence at the dispositional hearing shows that while respondent had made progress since her release from prison in October 2008 and had been compliant with services for several months, she thereafter failed to complete a drug treatment program, failed to visit the child for two months, and was incarcerated in September 2009 for a parole violation. By contrast, the child was doing well in the home of her foster mother, who wished to adopt her. Accordingly, a suspended judgment was not warranted ( see e.g. Matter of Jessica Victoria S. , 47 AD3d 428 [2008]; Matter of Savannah V. , 38 AD3d 354 , 355 [2007]). Concur—Gonzalez, P.J., Mazzarelli, Andrias, Sweeny and RomÁn, JJ..