In re Donald LL.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Otsego County (Nydam, J.), entered October 14, 1993, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate Donald LL. a permanently neglected child, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding in July 1992 seeking, inter alia, to have Donald LL. (born in Aug. 1988) adjudicated a permanently neglected child. Neither respondent nor Donald’s father appeared at the September 1992 hearing scheduled in this matter; Family Court deemed respondent and the child’s…