Legal Opinion
In re Lee C.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 12, 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Sheldon Rand, J.), entered August 18, 1992, inter alia, terminating respondent’s parental rights to the subject child upon a finding of abandonment, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Petitioner agency established by clear and convincing evidence that respondent had failed to contact the child or the agency for the six month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, giving rise to a presumption of abandonment that respondent failed to rebut (see, Matter of Anthony M., 195 AD2d 315). Moreover, respondent never established…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of O.New York Court of Appeals · 1975
- In re Anthony M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- In re Michael W.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
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