Inasmuch as Social Services Law § 384-b (7) (e) (i) specifically provides that evidence of diligent efforts by an agency to encourage and strengthen the parental relationship shall not be required when the parent has failed to apprise the agency of his or her location for a period of six months, it was error for the hearing court to dismiss the petition where petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that, although respondent actually knew that his child...
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