Legal Opinion

In re Maria F.

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

Decided February 6, 2009Published

1Opinion of the Court

from an order of the Family Court, Oneida County (James R. Griffith, J.), entered January 16, 2008 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order terminated the parental rights of respondent.

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

Memorandum: Family Court properly granted the petition seeking termination of respondent father’s parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect. The father admitted that he permanently neglected the children, and the evidence at the dispositional hearing supports the court’s determination…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re Darlene L.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
  2. In re Saafir M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005

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