In re Karen L.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Greene County, entered April 7, 1980, which found respondent’s daughter to be permanently neglected and directed that adoption proceed. A petition was filed by the Greene County Department of Social Services on February 25, 1980, alleging that respondent’s daughter was a neglected child, as defined in section 1012 of the Family Court Act. A hearing was held April 3, 1980, at which the department presented the testimony of respondent’s daughter and a neighbor. The child, 13 years old at the time, testified that she and her mother often argued and…