| Matter of Kim OO. v Broome County Dept. of Social Servs. |
| 2007 NY Slip Op 07945 [44 AD3d 1164] |
| October 25, 2007 |
| Appellate Division, Third Department |
| In the Matter of Kim OO., Respondent, v Broome CountyDepartment of Social Services, Respondent, and Shannon O., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) Inthe Matter of Shannon O., Appellant, v Broome County Department of Social Services,Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of Maelee N., a Neglected Child. Broome CountyDepartment of Social Services, Respondent; Shannon O., Appellant. (Proceeding No.3.) |
—[*1] Kelly M. Corbett, Fayetteville, for Kim OO., respondent. Philomena M. Stamato, Broome County Department of Social Services, Binghamton, forBroome County Department of Social Services, respondent. John M. Scanlon, Law Guardian, Binghamton.
Kane, J. Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Connerton, J.),entered April 10, 2006, which, among other things, dismissed petitioner's application, inproceeding No. 2 pursuant to Family Ct Act article 10, for modification of a prior order ofdisposition.
Shannon O. is the mother of Maelee N. (born in 2004), who was removed from her carewithin a month after birth. Shannon previously admitted to neglecting her daughter and the childwas placed in the care of the Broome County Department of Social Services (hereinafter DSS).In December 2004, Family Court extended placement for one year. In May 2005, Kim OO.,Shannon's mother, filed for custody. The next month, Shannon filed a petition for modification ofthe prior placement order, requesting that the child be returned to her. In September 2005, DSSpetitioned for a permanency hearing and an extension of placement. The court consolidated theproceedings and issued an order on April 10, 2006 which dismissed Kim's and Shannon'spetitions and extended placement of the child with DSS until May 2006. Shannon appeals fromthat order.
Placement under that order expired in May 2006. A further order extended placement untilNovember 2006. DSS filed a petition for permanent neglect seeking termination of Shannon'sparental rights. In June 2006, Family Court found the child to be permanently neglected and,following a dispositional hearing, entered an order in April 2007 terminating parentalrights.[FN*]Based on these subsequent proceedings and orders, issues relating to the extension of placementand return of custody to the mother are now moot (see Matter of Kila DD., 34 AD3d 1168, 1169 [2006]; Matter of Natasha F., 15 AD3d788, 789 [2005]; Matter of Lisa Z., 276 AD2d 853, 853 [2000]; Matter of JerryXX., 243 AD2d 988, 988-989 [1997]).
Crew III, J.P., Peters, Spain and Lahtinen, JJ., concur. Ordered that the appeal is dismissed,as moot, without costs.
Footnote *: Shannon has filed a notice ofappeal from this order.