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IN RE: MARANDA LaP., A Child Under the Age of Eighteen Years, etc., Francesca LaP., Respondent-Appellant, Administration for Children's Services, Petitioner-Respondent.
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Sara P. Schechter, J.), entered on or about February 25, 2003, upon a fact-finding determination of neglect, releasing the subject child to respondent with supervision by the Administration for Children's Services until October 25, 2003, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The finding of repeated alcohol misuse is supported by a preponderance of the evidence showing, inter alia, that respondent twice tested positive for high levels of alcohol, on one of which occasions she was observed breast feeding the child just prior to the administration of the test (Family Ct. Act § 1046 [a][iii]; see Matter of Stefanel Tyesha C., 157 A.D.2d 322, 328, 556 N.Y.S.2d 280 [1990], appeal dismissed 76 N.Y.2d 1006, 564 N.Y.S.2d 716, 565 N.E.2d 1267 [1990] ). We have considered respondent's other arguments and find them to be without merit.
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Decided: November 10, 2005
Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York.
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