MATTER OF GERALDINE ROSE W.


196 A.D.2d 313 (1994)

In the Matter of Geraldine Rose W., a Child Alleged to be Neglected and/or Abandoned. Catholic Child Care Society of the Diocese of Brooklyn, St. Joseph Services for Children and Families, Respondent; Vanessa W., Appellant

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

March 28, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Salvato, New York City, for appellant.

Helen McTaggart, Brooklyn, for respondent.

Lenore Gittis, New York City (Karen Morth and Robin Karasyk of counsel), Law Guardian, for infant.

LAWRENCE, ALTMAN and GOLDSTEIN, JJ., concur.


ROSENBLATT, J. P.

The appeal before us raises certain procedural and appellate aspects of cases involving termination of parental rights, and the manner in which the applicable statutes relate to the process by which a child is freed for adoption.

In the Family Court the petitioner, the Catholic Child Care Society of the Diocese of Brooklyn, St. Joseph Services for Children and Families (hereinafter...

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