MATTER OF DEMPSEY


163 Misc.2d 61 (1994)

619 N.Y.S.2d 930

In the Matter of Christy A. Dempsey, a Child Alleged to be Abandoned.

Family Court, Suffolk County.

September 26, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Landau, Smithtown, for respondent. Robert J. Cimino, County Attorney of Suffolk County, Central Islip, for Department of Social Services, petitioner. Legal Aid Society, Central Islip (Allison M. Anderson of counsel), Law Guardian.


ARTHUR J. ABRAMS, J.

The gravamen of respondent's motion to dismiss pursuant to CPLR 3211 and 3212 is that the action to terminate his parental rights relative to Social Services Law § 384-b (4) (b) abated upon removal of the child from foster care and return to her natural mother. Petitioner argues that respondent abandoned his child for the six consecutive months prior to the filing on the instant petition...

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