Opinion
2015-07-15
In the Matter of ALEXA V. (Anonymous). Orange County Department of Social Services, respondent; Antonio V. (Anonymous), appellant. (Proceeding No. 1) In the Matter of Tristan V. (Anonymous). Orange County Department of Social Services, respondent; Antonio V. (Anonymous), appellant. (Proceeding No. 2).
Richard Lentino, Middletown, N.Y., for appellant. Langdon C. Chapman, County Attorney, Goshen, N.Y., for respondent.
Richard Lentino, Middletown, N.Y., for appellant. Langdon C. Chapman, County Attorney, Goshen, N.Y., for respondent.
Warren S. Hecht, Forest Hills, N.Y., attorney for the children.
Appeal from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Orange County (Debra J. Kiedaisch, J.), entered September 11, 2013. The order of disposition, upon an order of fact-finding of that court entered March 10, 2011, finding that the father neglected the subject children, inter alia, discharged the subject children from their placement in the care of the Commissioner of Social Services of Orange County to the custody of the mother and awarded therapeutic visitation to the father.
ORDERED that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the father's contention, his appeal from the order of disposition does not bring up for review the order of fact-finding, which was entered upon his consent, since “ ‘no appeal lies from an order entered on the consent of the appealing party’ ” (Matter of Abigail R., 125 A.D.3d 780, 781, 4 N.Y.S.3d 79, quoting Matter of Lemar H., 52 A.D.3d 602, 603, 859 N.Y.S.2d 736; see Matter of Shaliyah P. [Eddie P.], 90 A.D.3d 1054, 1055, 934 N.Y.S.2d 853; Matter of Mary UU. [Michael UU.-Marie VV.], 70 A.D.3d 1227, 1228, 893 N.Y.S.2d 908).
The petitioner met its burden of establishing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the goal of discharge of the subject children to the custody of the mother was in the children's best interests ( see Matter of Acension C.L. [Jesate J.], 96 A.D.3d 1059, 1059–1060, 947 N.Y.S.2d 161; Matter of Amber B., 50 A.D.3d 1028, 1029, 857 N.Y.S.2d 590). The Family Court's determination to effectuate the permanency goal by discharging the children to the custody of the mother had a sound and substantial basis in the record ( see Matter of Isaiah T.F.-C. [Charisse F.-D'Juan C.], 123 A.D.3d 1125, 1125, 997 N.Y.S.2d 642).