In re Mark "GG"

OPINION OF THE COURT

Herlihy, J.

The infant was born out of wedlock on January 5, 1975 in Montreal, Canada. About three weeks later, his mother, the appellant, brought him to Plattsburgh, New York, where she lived for a short time. Two or three days after her arrival in Plattsburgh, she placed her son with the Clinton County Department of Social Services. She lived at various places in the area and visited him weekly at the foster home where he had been placed.

On or about June 20, 1975, at her request, the infant was brought to her by a social worker with the intent that she would keep him at…