In re Kathryn P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum: Family Court properly granted the petition terminating the parental rights of respondent based upon her permanent neglect of her four children. Petitioner proved by clear and convincing evidence that respondent’s alcoholism and mental illness had resulted in respondent’s failure to maintain contact with the children or plan for their future (see, Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a]; Matter of St. Vincent’s Servs. [Joseph Bernard H.] v Jean H., 211 AD2d 799, 800, lv denied 85 NY2d 811). Although two of the children are living with their father and there is no evidence that adoption…
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