Legal Opinion
In re Ruben J.R.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 13, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Maureen McLeod, J.), entered on or about November 13, 2000, which, upon a finding that respondent father had abandoned the subject child, terminated his parental rights to the child and committed custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The presumption of abandonment, clearly and convincingly raised by the evidence of respondent father’s failure to communicate with the child or contact the agency during the six months…
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