Matter of Gregory A.J. (Gregory J.)

Appeal from an amended order of fact-finding of the Family Court, Queens County (Linda B. Tally, J.), dated December 10, 2013. The amended order, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed related petitions to terminate the father’s parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect.

Ordered that the amended order of fact-finding is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court properly dismissed the petitions because the petitioner failed to sustain its statutory burden of demonstrating, by clear and convincing evidence, that it exercised diligent efforts to strengthen the parental…