| Matter of Ta Aisha H. (Terrence H.—Patrice J.) |
| 2012 NY Slip Op 06752 [99 AD3d 487] |
| October 9, 2012 |
| Appellate Division, First Department |
| In the Matter of Ta Aisha H., a Child Alleged to be Neglected.Terrence H., Appellant; Patrice J., Respondent; Administration for Children's Services,Respondent. |
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Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel, New York (Sharyn Rootenberg of counsel), forrespondent. Tamara A. Steckler, The Legal Aid Society, New York (Amy Hausknecht of counsel),attorney for the child.
Order of fact-finding, Family Court, Bronx County (Jane Pearl, J.), entered on or about June7, 2011, which, after a hearing, found that respondent father had neglected the subject child,unanimously affirmed, without costs. Appeal from order of disposition, same court and Judge,entered on or about June 22, 2011, which placed the child in the custody of the Administrationfor Children's Services until the completion of the next permanency hearing, to the extent notabandoned, unanimously dismissed, without costs, as moot.
A preponderance of the evidence supports the court's finding that respondent neglected thechild by committing acts of domestic violence on the child's mother in the child's presence(see Family Ct Act §§ 1012 [f] [i] [B]; 1046 [b] [i]; Nicholson v Scoppetta, 3 NY3d357, 368 [2004]).
The court properly exercised its discretion in limiting respondent's cross examination of thechild's mother concerning her prior criminal conviction and prior arrest (see People vSchwartzman, 24 NY2d 241, 244 [1969]).
On appeal, respondent does not raise any arguments with respect to the dispositional order. Inany event, to the extent the appeal from that order is not abandoned, it is moot since theplacement terms of the order have expired (see Matter of Adena I. [Claude I.], 91 AD3d 484 [1st Dept 2012]).Concur—Saxe, J.P., Sweeny, Richter, Abdus-Salaam and Román, JJ.