Legal Opinion

In re Clayton B.

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

Decided April 28, 1997Published

1Opinion of the Court

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights, the father appeals from stated portions of an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Cordova, J.), dated May 18, 1995, which, inter alia, found that he abandoned the subject child and terminated his parental rights.

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

The clear and convincing evidence in the record supports the court’s conclusion that the father abandoned the subject child by failing to visit or communicate with him for six months prior to the filing…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re the Guardianship of Star Leslie W.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. In re Julius P.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  3. In re Cara Lynda V.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

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