Legal Opinion

In re Stephanie W.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided November 30, 2000Published

1Opinion of the Court

—Orders of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Gloria Sosa-Lintner, J.), entered on or about December 9, 1997, which, upon a fact-finding determination of abandonment, terminated respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the subject children and committed custody and guardianship of the children to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Clear and convincing proof adduced at the fact-finding hearing established that appellant had abandoned her children within the meaning of Social Services Law § 384-b…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In re Ishmael A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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