In re Marlon S.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Francis A. Affronti, J.

Petitioner, Monroe County Department of Social Services, has commenced this proceeding alleging that the children, ages 4 to 17 years, are neglected because the respondent has abandoned them. (See, Family Ct Act § 1012 [f] [ii]; Social Services Law § 384-b [5].) Another of respondent’s children, not the subject of this petition, has previously been found to be a neglected child, after a default hearing, of which this court takes judicial notice (docket No. N-75-84).

A "neglected child” is "a child less than eighteen years of age * * * who has been…