Legal Opinion

In re Madelynn T.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 31, 2017Published

1Opinion of the Court

*1785Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Erie County (Sharon M. LoVallo, J.), entered September 4, 2015 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, among other things, adjudged that respondent had abandoned the subject child.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Respondent mother appeals from an order that terminated her parental rights with respect to her daughter on the ground of abandonment. We affirm.

Social Services Law § 384-b (5) (a) provides that “a child is ‘abandoned’ by his [or her] parent if…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Gabrielle Hh.New York Court of Appeals · 2003
  2. In re I. R.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
  3. In re Crystal C. Edwin Gould Services for ChildrenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  4. In re Regina A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  5. In re Christina S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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