In re Dean L.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Boomer, J.
The Niagara County Department of Social Services brought these proceedings to terminate the rights of the parents in their three children and to free them for adoption on the ground of permanent neglect (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [d]). Because the father had suffered several heart attacks, Family Court adjourned the fact-finding hearing from time to time for a total period of 14 months and finally granted the father’s motion to dismiss the petitions, concluding that the hearing could not be held in the father’s absence.
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