Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Tue 6 OctCASE

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Staff reviewed

MATTER OF NAILA P. (ALTHEA P.)

— STAFF
Here, the mother had no prior child protective history; the record demonstrates the mother's compliance with services, medication, and therapy; and the mother's therapist reported that the mother "shows good insight about the need for treatment."

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · reversed

Whether a parent's compliance with mental health treatment is good cause to vacate a consent neglect finding via a suspended judgment.

2026 NY Slip Op 05540