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200 A.D.2d 498 (1994)

606 N.Y.S.2d 639

In the Matter of Israel R., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. Dayse R., Appellant; Catholic Home Bureau for Dependent Children, Respondent, and Michael L. et al., Intervenors-Respondents

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

January 20, 1994

While there is no statutory mandate requiring a dispositional hearing after a finding of abandonment pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, the court was within its discretion to hold such a hearing to determine the best interests of the child (cf., Matter of Joyce T., 65 N.Y.2d 39, 47). There is no presumption that such best interests will be best served by return to the...

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