In re the Adoption of A. Children

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard N. Ross, J.

In these proceedings, the sister of the putative father of the *676five subject children, who range in age from 7 to 14, seeks to adopt the children.

The children were placed in the custody of the New York City Commissioner of Social Services (CSS) on December 4, 1987 (see, Family Ct Act § 1055 [a]), following entry of a finding of child neglect pursuant to Family Court Act § 1012 that the children’s mother "during pregnancy used cocaine and was not in a drug rehabilitation program” and that the putative father "used crack while not being in a drug…