MATTER OF CHILDREN


57 A.D.2d 568 (1977)

In the Matter of The J. Children. Robert J., Appellant; J. Henry Smith, as Commissioner of Social Services of The City of New York, Respondent

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

April 11, 1977


Orders affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Petitioner sustained his burden of proving the child was abused. Although the father was separated from the child at the time of the incident, he had sufficient contact to be held responsible for the child's injuries. In addition there will soon be a new hearing at which he can prove his present fitness to assume his parental obligations. We do not believe it to be in the best interests of the child, at the present...

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