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FAMILY COURT SHOULD HAVE MADE FINDINGS WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CHILD TO PETITION FOR SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE STATUS (SIJS) (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing Family Court, determined the court should have made findings which would allow the child to petition for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS):

The evidence shows that the subject child was unmarried and under the age of 21 at the time of the special findings hearing and order (see generally 8 USC § 1101[a][27][J]; 8 CFR 204.11[c] … ). The Family Court’s appointment of a guardian rendered the child dependent on a juvenile court … .

The evidence also established that reunification with the child’s parents was not viable due to neglect or abandonment. The child testified that, with no prior warning, his father left him in the United States with his uncle (petitioner), and that his parents later told him that they could not support him and did not want him back. The child further stated, and petitioner corroborated, that he had only occasional contact with his parents, and received no gifts or support from them, since coming here. This was sufficient to “evince[] an intent to forego . . . parental rights and obligations” or a failure to exercise a minimum degree of care to supply the child with adequate food, clothing, shelter, education, or supervision … .

In determining whether reunification was viable, the Family Court should not have refused to consider evidence of circumstances which occurred after the child’s 18th, but before his 21st, birthday … .

The evidence also demonstrated that it is not in the best interests of the child to return to Thailand, where his parents reside, or to be sent to live in Bangladesh, where he has citizenship but has never resided. The child presented evidence that his parents would not accept him if he returned to Thailand, that his Thai visa was on the verge of expiring and he had no way to renew it, and that he had no other place to live or way to support himself in Thailand or Bangladesh … . He also presented evidence that he was doing well in petitioner’s care … . Matter of Khan v Shahida Z., 2020 NY Slip Op 03480, First Dept 6-18-20

 

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