Westchester County Department of Social Services v. Linda G.

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights based on permanent neglect, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Family Court, Westchester County (Braslow, J.), dated July 8, 1994, which, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The threshold consideration in a proceeding to terminate parental rights based on permanent neglect is whether the agency discharged its statutory obligation to exercise diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parental…