Legal Opinion
In re Sheila G.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 27, 1984PublishedCited by 583 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*373OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
When a child-care agency has custody of a child and brings a proceeding to terminate parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, it must affirmatively plead in detail and prove by clear and convincing evidence that it has fulfilled its statutory duty to exercise diligent efforts to strengthen the parent-child relationship and to reunite the family. Only when this duty has been deemed satisfied may a court consider and determine whether the parent has fulfilled his or her duties to maintain contact with and plan for the future of the child. In the…
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