IN RE JEOVONNI G., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, ETC., VICTORIA V., res-ap, CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SOCIETY AND HOME BUREAU, pet-res, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, pet

8748. IN RE JEOVONNI G., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, ETC., VICTORIA V., res-ap, CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SOCIETY AND HOME BUREAU, pet-res, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, pet — George E. Reed, Jr., White Plains, for ap — Magovern & Sclafani, New York (Joanna M. Roberson of counsel), for res — KAREN FREEDMAN, LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN, INC., NEW YORK (SHIRIM NOTHENBERG OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Jody Adams, J.), entered on or about January 12, 2012, which, following a fact-finding determination that respondent mother had permanently neglected the subject child, terminated her parental rights, and committed custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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8748. IN RE JEOVONNI G., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, ETC., VICTORIA V., res-ap, CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SOCIETY AND HOME BUREAU, pet-res, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, pet — George E. Reed, Jr., White Plains, for ap — Magovern & Sclafani, New York (Joanna M. Roberson of counsel), for res — KAREN FREEDMAN, LAWYERS FOR CHILDREN, INC., NEW YORK (SHIRIM NOTHENBERG OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Jody Adams, J.), entered on or about January 12, 2012, which, following a fact-finding determination that respondent mother had permanently neglected the subject child, terminated her parental rights, and committed custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court providently exercised its discretion in denying respondent’s request for an adjournment, given that she had more than three months to communicate with her counsel and prepare for the fact-finding hearing (Matter of Steven B., 6 NY3d 888, 889 [2006]).

IN RE JEOVONNI G., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, ETC., VICTORIA V., res-ap, CATHOLIC GUARDIAN SOCIETY AND HOME BUREAU, pet-res, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, pet

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