IN RE: CECIL T.N. (Anonymous) (2025)

DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Amanda E. White, J.), dated October 6, 2023.  The order continued the placement of the child in the custody of the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York until the next permanency hearing or further order of the court.  Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 U.S. 738), in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

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

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

The mother's appeal from the order must be dismissed as academic, since that order was superseded by an order dated January 25, 2024, awarding custody of the subject child to the paternal grandmother (see Matter of Agam B. [Janna W.], 143 AD3d 702, 702–703).  Furthermore, the child is now 18 years old and is no longer subject to the custody and parental access provisions of the order (see Family Ct Act § 119[c];  Matter of Skye H., 195 AD3d 711, 712–713).  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 AD3d 850).

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