In re Heather E.

Appeals from two orders of the Family Court *679of Otsego County (Castellino, J.), entered November 30, 1995 and February 26, 1996, which granted petitioner’s applications, in four proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate respondents’ children to be permanently neglected, and terminated respondents’ parental rights.

Respondent Patsy E. (hereinafter respondent) is the mother of the four children who are the subjects of these proceedings. The children have been in foster care since early 1992 as the result of a series of incidents involving the abuse or neglect of one or…