Matter of Mahlia B. (Mesha B.)
2025 NY Slip Op 01515
Decided on March 14, 2025
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
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Decided on March 14, 2025 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: LINDLEY, J.P., BANNISTER, OGDEN, GREENWOOD, AND HANNAH, JJ.

606 CAF 23-00592

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

and

MESHA B., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 4.)




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

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

JESSICA L. VESPER, BUFFALO, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.



Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered February 1, 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.

Same memorandum as in Matter of Shakema R. v Mesha B. ([appeal No. 1] — AD3d — [Mar. 14, 2025] [4th Dept 2025]).

Entered: March 14, 2025

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court