Petitioner agency established by clear and convincing evidence that except for one telephone call, both respondents failed to contact the child or the agency for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, giving rise to a presumption of abandonment that was not rebutted by the single call made by the mother four weeks before the filing of the petition without any follow-up on visits offered by the agency (see, Matter of Michael W.
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MATTER OF M.
210 A.D.2d 136 (1994)
621 N.Y.S.2d 850
In the Matter of Male M., Also Known as Kevin M., Also Known as Tyrone M., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned and/or Neglected. Carol M., Appellant; Atley G., Appellant-Respondent, and Harlem Dowling-Westside Center for Children and Family Services, Respondent-Appellant
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December 20, 1994
December 20, 1994
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
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