MATTER OF GREGORY B. v. GREGORY F.


74 N.Y.2d 77 (1989)

In the Matter of Gregory B. et al. Saint Dominic's Home, Respondent, v. Gregory F., Appellant, et al., Respondent. In the Matter of Willie John B., Jr. Cardinal McCloskey Children's and Family Services, Respondent, v. Willie B., Appellant. In the Matter of Delores B. Cardinal McCloskey Children's and Family Services, Respondent, v. Willie B., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 6, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie Michelle Charles for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Richard J. Warren and Richard Colodny for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Kenneth Rabb and Lenore Gittis, Law Guardians in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Douglas Haigh Reiniger for intervenors in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Ruth N. Cassell for appellant in the second and third above-entitled proceedings.

David H. Berman and Gerald E. Bodell for respondent in the second and third above-entitled proceedings.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


ALEXANDER, J.

The common issue presented on these appeals is whether the evidence adduced in each case supported a finding that the incarcerated parent "permanently neglected" his child within the meaning of Social Services Law § 384-b (7) (a), thus justifying the termination of his parental rights and the concomitant freeing of his child for adoption. For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the termination...

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