Matter of Ankhenaten Amen-Ra C. (Adanna J. C.) (2019 NY Slip Op 02084) Matter of Ankhenaten Amen-Ra C. (Adanna J. C.) 2019 NY Slip Op 02084 Decided on March 20, 2019 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on March 20, 2019 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, J.P. SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX BETSY BARROS FRANCESCA E. CONNOLLY, JJ. 2018-03364 2018-03458 2018-03459 (Docket Nos. B-11824-15, B-11825-15, 11826-15) [*1]In the Matter of Ankhenaten Amen-Ra C. (Anonymous). Forestdale, Inc., petitioner-respondent; Adanna J. C. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of D. (Anonymous), also known as Arjuna C. (Anonymous). Forestdale, Inc., petitioner-respondent; Adanna J. C. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 2) In the Matter of Judea J. C. (Anonymous). Forestdale, Inc., petitioner-respondent; Adanna J. C. (Anonymous), respondent-appellant, et al., respondent. (Proceeding No. 3) Richard Cardinale, Brooklyn, NY, for respondent-appellant. Rosin Steinhagen Mendel, New York, NY (Douglas H. Reiniger of counsel), for petitioner-respondent. Allan D. Shafter, Port Washington, NY, attorney for the children Ankhenaten Amen-Ra C. and Arjuna C. Janet E. Sabel, New York, NY (Dawne A. Mitchell and Susan Clement), attorney for the child Judea J. C. DECISION & ORDER In related proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, the mother appeals from three orders of fact-finding and disposition (one as to each child) of the Family Court, Queens County (Joan L. Piccirillo, J.), each entered February 8, 2018. The orders, insofar as appealed from, after fact-finding and dispositional hearings, found that the mother permanently neglected the children, terminated her parental rights, and transferred custody and guardianship of the children to the petitioner and the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York for the purpose of adoption. ORDERED that the orders of fact-finding and disposition are affirmed, without costs [*2]or disbursement. The petitioner, Forestdale, Inc., commenced these proceedings to terminate the mother's parental rights with respect to the three subject children. After fact-finding and dispositional hearings, the Family Court determined that the mother permanently neglected the children by failing to substantially plan for their future, terminated her parental rights, and transferred custody and guardianship of the children to the petitioner and the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York for the purpose of adoption. The mother appeals. The petitioner established, by clear and convincing evidence, that it exercised diligent efforts to strengthen the parent-child relationship by creating a service plan for the mother, which included submitting to a mental health evaluation and complying with recommendations, engaging in individual therapy, completing a parenting skills program, planning for the children separate from their father, enforcing the court's orders against the father as to the children, and maintaining consistent visitation. Moreover, the petitioner repeatedly counseled the mother as to the need to comply with the service plan, ...
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