MATTER OF W.


224 A.D.2d 875 (1996)

638 N.Y.S.2d 249

In the Matter of Abdul W., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. Cortland County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Lawal W., Appellant

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

February 29, 1996


Per Curiam.

In a prior proceeding, Family Court denied respondent's application for visitation with his son, Abdul W., on the ground that it was not in the child's best interest to have visitation or contact with respondent. The court's decision was affirmed on appeal. The instant proceeding was commenced in 1991 shortly after Family Court's order in the prior proceeding; however, the fact-finding hearing was stayed until May 1993 pending a determination of the first...

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