Matter of Hope Linda P. (Cassandra P.)

Order, Family Court, New York County (Susan K. Knipps, J.), entered on or about July 9, 2015, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the agency’s petitions to terminate the parental rights of respondent mother on the ground of permanent neglect, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, the petitions reinstated, findings of permanent neglect made thereupon, and the matters remanded for dispositional hearings.

The record establishes that the agency fulfilled its statutory obligation to exert diligent efforts in the face of a lack of cooperation from respondent mother (see Matter…