Legal Opinion

In re Female S.

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

Decided June 12, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

— Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Anne-Marie Jolly, J.), entered on or about May 13, 2011, which, to the extent appealed from, after a fact-finding determination of abandonment, terminated respondent father’s parental rights and committed custody and guardianship of the subject child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The agency established by clear and convincing evidence that the father failed to contact the child for six months preceding the filing of the petition (see Matter of Annette B., 2 AD3d…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. In Re the Guardianship of Star Leslie W.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Matter of Annette B.New York Court of Appeals · 2005
  3. In re Annette B.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2003
  4. In re Baby Boy B.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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