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EVIDENCE FATHER POSSESSED COCAINE WITH INTENT TO SELL WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT A NEGLECT FINDING; THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE FATHER USED DRUGS, EXPOSED THE CHILDREN TO DRUG-DEALING, OR STORED THE DRUGS WHERE THE CHILDREN COULD ACCESS THEM (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Family Court, determined the evidence that father possessed four ounces of cocaine did not support the neglect finding. There was no evidence the children were exposed to drug-dealing and the drugs were stored above where the children could access them:

Family Court’s finding that the father neglected the children was not supported by a preponderance of the evidence … . … [Father’s] intent to sell these illicit drugs was insufficient, without more, to warrant a finding of neglect. The record … contained no evidence establishing that the father engaged in drug transactions within the house or that he otherwise exposed the children to drug-trafficking activities … . Nor was there evidence adduced at the hearing as to whether the father regularly engaged in the sale of drugs, or the manner in which he intended to sell the cocaine. Moreover, although the officers discovered the cocaine within the father’s bedroom closet, it was located on a five- or six-foot-high shelf and was otherwise stored in a manner that was not readily accessible to the children … . Finally, there was no indication in the record that the father ever used cocaine or any other illicit drugs. Absent evidence that the father’s conduct caused the requisite harm to the children or otherwise placed them in imminent danger of such harm, the court should not have found that he neglected them … . Matter of Jefferson C.-A. (Carlos T.-F.), 2024 NY Slip Op 02701, Second Dept 5-15-24

Practice Point: Storing four ounces of cocaine in a closet where the children could not access it, without more, is not sufficient for a neglect finding against father. Although there was evidence father intended to sell the drugs, there was no evidence father used drugs or exposed the children to drug-dealing.

 

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