Matter of T.G. (T.G.)

Holding The Appellate Division affirmed the Family Court’s order denying the mother’s application for the return of her children pending a neglect fact-finding hearing. The court found that leaving the children alone for two hours posed an imminent risk to their life or health that could not be mitigated by reasonable efforts.

The court’s words

returning the children to the mother's care pending the outcome of this neglect proceeding would pose an imminent risk

2026 NY Slip Op 05852, at the official text

the subject children, who were then five and eight years old, were left alone in the mother's apartment for about two hours

2026 NY Slip Op 05852, at the official text

the mother's failure to realize that young children should not be left unattended in a locked apartment demonstrates a lapse in parental judgment

2026 NY Slip Op 05852, at the official text