Dutchess County Department of Social Services v. Mark M.

—In proceedings pursuant to Family Court Act article 10 and Social Services Law § 384-b, inter alia, to terminate parental rights based on permanent neglect, the father appeals from two orders of the Family Court, Dutchess County (Brands, J.), entered February 16, 1995, which, after a fact-finding hearing in the abuse and neglect proceeding, found that he sexually abused and neglected the children, and after a fact-finding hearing in the permanent neglect proceeding, determined that he had permanently neglected the children, and thereupon awarded custody and guardianship of the children to…