Matter of Gabriel H.
2024 NY Slip Op 03585
Decided on July 3, 2024
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
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Decided on July 3, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., BANNISTER, GREENWOOD, AND KEANE, JJ.

70 CAF 23-00195

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF GABRIEL H. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; MELANIE H., ALSO KNOWN AS MELANIE S., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 2.)




CAITLIN M. CONNELLY, BUFFALO, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

BENJAMIN MANNION, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

DAVID J. PAJAK, ALDEN, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.



Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered December 15, 2022, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, inter alia, determined that respondent had derivatively abused the subject child.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is affirmed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Matter of Mekayla S. (Melanie H.) ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [July 3, 2024] [4th Dept 2024]).

All concur except Whalen, P.J., who dissents and votes to reverse in accordance with the same dissenting memorandum as in Matter of Mekayla S. (Melanie H.) ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [July 3, 2024] [4th Dept 2024]).

Entered: July 3, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court