In re Jessie Skyler D.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
The petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that the mother abandoned the subject children by failing to visit or maintain contact with the petitioner or the subject children for a six-month period preceding the filing of the petition to terminate her parental rights (see Social Services Law § 384-b; Matter of I.R., 153 AD2d 559, 559-560 [1989]). To the extent that there was any evidence that the mother was in contact with either the children or the petitioner during the relevant time period, such contact was too minimal, sporadic, and insubstantial to overcome the showing of…
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