Matter of Dennis X. G. D. V. (2018 NY Slip Op 01073) Matter of Dennis X. G. D. V. 2018 NY Slip Op 01073 Decided on February 14, 2018 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports. Decided on February 14, 2018 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department RUTH C. BALKIN, J.P. SHERI S. ROMAN SYLVIA O. HINDS-RADIX HECTOR D. LASALLE, JJ. 2016-10296ON MOTION (Docket No. G-8613-15) [*1]In the Matter of Dennis X. G. D.. (Anonymous), appellant. DECISION & ORDER Motion by the appellant, inter alia, for leave to reargue an appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County, dated August 22, 2016, which was determined by decision and order of this Court dated August 9, 2017. Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and no papers having been filed in opposition or in relation thereto, it is ORDERED that the motion is granted to the extent that leave to reargue is granted, and upon reargument, the decision and order of this Court dated August 9, 2017, is recalled and vacated, the following decision and order is substituted therefor, nunc pro tunc to August 9, 2017, and the motion is otherwise denied: Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, LLP, New York, NY (Jennifer L. Colyer and Michael P. Sternheim of counsel), for appellant. Appeal by the child from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Nicolette M. Pach, J.H.O.), dated August 22, 2016. The order, insofar as appealed from, upon renewal and reargument, adhered to the original determination in a prior order of that court dated March 29, 2016, in effect, denying that branch of the child's motion which was for a specific finding that reunification of the child with one or both of his parents is not viable due to parental neglect. ORDERED that the order dated August 22, 2016, is reversed insofar as appealed from, on the facts, without costs or disbursements, upon renewal and reargument, the determination in the order dated March 29, 2016, in effect, denying that branch of the child's motion which was for a specific finding that reunification of the child with one or both of his parents is not viable due to parental neglect is vacated, that branch of the motion is granted, it is found that reunification of the child with one or both of his parents is not viable due to parental neglect, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for the entry of an order making the requisite declaration and specific findings so as to enable the child to petition the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for special immigrant juvenile status, which includes the finding that reunification of the child with one or both of his parents is not viable on the ground of parental neglect. In April 2015, ...
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