Legal Opinion

In re Erica C.

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

Decided January 14, 1999PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

—Order, Family Court, New York County (Richard Ross, J.), entered on or about October 22, 1997, which, upon a fact-finding determination of abandonment, terminated appellant’s parental rights and transferred guardianship and custody rights respecting the subject child to petitioner Catholic Guardian Society and the Commissioner of Social Services for purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

*446Appellant’s one isolated attempt to contact her child within the relevant six-month period was, as Family Court held, insufficient to avoid a finding of abandonment (see, Matter of Oneka…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In re Anthony M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
  2. In re Oneka O.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  3. In re Aisha L.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In re Alexander B.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. In re Jacelyn TT.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
  3. In re Barbara Luisa A.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999

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