In re Chasity O.

Respondent is the father of a child born in 2009, and he has been incarcerated since 2009 for assault in the first degree as a result of stabbing the child’s mother when she was over eight months pregnant. Petitioner commenced this permanent neglect proceeding against him. On the day the fact-finding hearing was scheduled to commence, respondent executed a conditional judicial surrender of his parental rights before Family Court, which acknowledged and then approved the surrender (see Social Services Law § 383-c [3]). Respondent now appeals contending that he was under duress and coercion…