Legal Opinion
In re Tonasia K.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 14, 2008PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1248Memorandum: Petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that respondent father abandoned his child by failing to visit her or to communicate with her or petitioner, although able to do so, during the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition (see Social Services Law § 384-b [5] [a]; Matter of Anthony T., 35 AD3d 1201 [2006], Iv denied 8 NY3d 809 [2007]). The record establishes that the father made one telephone call to the child, saw her on one occasion at the funeral of his mother, and wrote one letter to petitioner. “That limited contact is insubstantial…
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