Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 29, 2017, 2016-03794 (Matter of Elizabeth C. (Omar C.))

OPINION OF THE COURT

Mastro, J.P.

The present matter requires us to determine whether a parent in abuse and/or neglect proceedings brought pursuant to Family Court Act article 10, who has been excluded from the household in which the children reside by an order of protection, is entitled to a prompt hearing in accordance with Family Court Act § 1028 to challenge the propriety and necessity of the