MATTER OF CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY DEP'T OF SOC SERVS. v. FIGUEROA


98 A.D.2d 989 (1983)

In the Matter of Chautauqua County Department of Social Services, Appellant, v. Oscar Figueroa, Respondent

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

December 16, 1983


Order unanimously affirmed, without costs, for reasons stated at Chautauqua County Family Court, Hartley, J.

Memorandum:

We add only that the record establishes that respondent did not visit or communicate with his daughter for six months immediately preceding the filing of this petition on April 23, 1980 because he was "discouraged from doing so by the agency" (Social Services Law, § 384-b, subd 5, par [a]). In our view, the child's best interest requires...

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