MATTER OF C.


197 A.D.2d 404 (1993)

602 N.Y.S.2d 375

In the Matter of Shalena Lee C., Also Known as Cassandra C., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. William D., Appellant; Commissioner of Social Services et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 12, 1993


Petitioner agency established by clear and convincing evidence that respondent had failed to contact the child or the agency for the six month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, giving rise to a presumption of abandonment that respondent failed to rebut (see, Matter of Anthony M., 195 A.D.2d 315). Moreover, respondent never established paternity, although advised to do so on several occasions, and gave...

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