In re Charles K.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chemung County (Danaher, Jr., J.), entered July 20, 1992, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate Charles K. a permanently neglected child and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

By the time of the filing of the petition in this permanent neglect proceeding, Charles K. (born out of wedlock on May 24, 1979) had been in foster care for six of the 13 years of his life. His biological father surrendered parental rights in March 1991 sometime after respondent had signed a…