Matter of Meilani M. (Maya M.)
2024 NY Slip Op 06480
Decided on December 20, 2024
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
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Decided on December 20, 2024 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: SMITH, J.P., CURRAN, MONTOUR, GREENWOOD, AND KEANE, JJ.

857 CAF 23-01988

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF MEILANI M. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT;

and

MAYA M., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.)




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

BENJAMIN E. MANNION, BUFFALO, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

DAVID C. SCHOPP, THE LEGAL AID BUREAU OF BUFFALO, INC., BUFFALO (REBECCA CONSIDINE OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.



Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered October 23, 2023, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, among other things, adjudged that respondent neglected the subject child.

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

Entered: December 20, 2024

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court