MATTER OF ESSENCE V

ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the appellant's contention, the petitioner proved by a preponderance of the evidence that the child was neglected. Uncontroverted evidence showed that the appellant consistently refused to take medication or follow a course of treatment for her mental illness, without which she was not able to properly care for the child. Proof of ongoing mental illness and the failure to follow through with aftercare medication, which results in a parent's inability to care for her child in the foreseeable future, is a sufficient basis for a finding of neglect (see, Matter of Nassau County Dept. of Social Servs. [Raul B.] v. Diane B., 231 A.D.2d 523).

RITTER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, H. MILLER and ADAMS, JJ., concur.