In re Anthony S.

—Mercure, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tompkins County (Barrett, J.), entered February 9, 2001, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate Anthony S. a permanently neglected child, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

On December 17, 1997, respondent’s then three-year-old son, Anthony S. (hereinafter the child), was placed in foster care with his maternal grandparents in connection with the filing of a neglect petition and subsequent adjudication of neglect against his mother. In November 1999,…