In re Curtis N.

Appeals (1) from an order of the Family Court of St. Lawrence County (Main, Jr., J.), entered February 19, 2002, which granted petitioner’s applications, in three proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate three of respondent’s children to be permanently neglected, and (2) from an order of said court (Demarest, J.), entered May 21, 2002, which, inter alia, terminated petitioner’s parental rights.

At various times throughout 1997, respondent engaged in an ongoing course of repeated sexual abuse of his 10-year-old daughter. He was eventually arrested, pleaded guilty to…