Matter of J.J. (M.D.)

Holding The Appellate Division affirmed the Family Court’s summary judgment finding that the mother neglected the children by behaving aggressively and waving a lighter near an oxygen tank in their presence. The court also held that the change of permanency goal to adoption was not properly before the court or was moot, and found no basis to disturb the best interest determination.

The court’s words

neglected the children by behaving aggressively and waving a lighter near the maternal grandmother's oxygen tank in their presence

2026 NY Slip Op 05910, at the official text

conditions that precipitated the prior neglect findings against the mother still existed at the time it filed the petitions

2026 NY Slip Op 05910, at the official text

Family Court's oral decision changing the permanency goal from reunification to adoption is not properly before this Court

2026 NY Slip Op 05910, at the official text

no basis to disturb Family Court's determination that a permanency goal change is in the children's best interest

2026 NY Slip Op 05910, at the official text