IN RE: FRANCESCA L. (Anonymous). (2024)

DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Nassau County (Robin M. Kent, J.), dated July 18, 2023.  The order, after a hearing, directed the temporary removal of the subject child pursuant to Family Court Act § 1022.  Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493, in which she moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbursements;  and it is further,

ORDERED that counsel's application for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant is denied as academic.

The appellant is the mother of the subject child.  In July 2023, the Nassau County Department of Social Services filed a pre-petition application for the temporary removal of the child from the care of the mother and the father.  In an order dated July 18, 2023, after a hearing, the Family Court directed the temporary removal of the child pursuant to Family Court Act § 1022 prior to the filing of a petition under Family Court Act article 10 (hereinafter the pre-petition order).  The mother appeals.

The appeal from the pre-petition order must be dismissed as academic because that order was superseded by the Family Court's subsequent order, made after the filing of a neglect petition, directing the continued temporary removal of the child (see Matter of Victoria B. [Jonathan M.], 164 A.D.3d 578, 580, 82 N.Y.S.3d 504;  Matter of Mahar E. [Mahmuda E.], 160 A.D.3d 847, 848, 71 N.Y.S.3d 892;  Matter of Elizabeth C. [Omar C.], 156 A.D.3d 193, 199, 66 N.Y.S.3d 300).  Therefore, a decision from this Court on this issue would not “ ‘result in immediate and practical consequences to the parties’ ” (Matter of Victoria B. [Jonathan M.], 164 A.D.3d at 580, 82 N.Y.S.3d 504, quoting Matter of Elizabeth C. [Omar C.], 156 A.D.3d at 199, 66 N.Y.S.3d 300).

In light of the foregoing, the application of the mother's counsel for leave to withdraw as counsel is denied as academic (see Matter of Sylvie S. [Cynthia W.], 195 A.D.3d 850, 850–851, 145 N.Y.S.3d 417;  Matter of Piper S., 159 A.D.3d 913, 914, 70 N.Y.S.3d 59).

BRATHWAITE NELSON, J.P., CHAMBERS, DOWLING and VENTURA, JJ., concur.