Matter of Kaidyn C. (Kalleh F.)

Holding The Appellate Division modified the lower court’s order by deleting the finding that the mother medically neglected the child, as ACS failed to prove the mother did not seek or accept medical care. The court affirmed the findings of neglect based on the child’s sleeping environment and derivative neglect of the sibling.

The court’s words

the mother neglected the child Zuri C., inter alia, by permitting that child, then approximately four months old, to sleep on an air mattress next to a hot, uncovered baseboard heater

2026 NY Slip Op 05526, at the official text

ACS failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that she did not seek or accept medical care for the child Zuri C.

2026 NY Slip Op 05526, at the official text

the mother's neglect of the child Zuri C. evinced a flawed understanding of her duties as a parent and impaired parental judgment

2026 NY Slip Op 05526, at the official text