MATTER OF JAMES V. G.


256 A.D.2d 1191 (1998)

683 N.Y.S.2d 448

In the Matter of JAMES V. G., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; JOSEPH G., Appellant. (Appeal No. 1.)

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

Decided December 31, 1998.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that respondent failed to communicate with either his son or petitioner for the six-month period before the filing of the abandonment petition (see, Matter of Ariel C., 248 A.D.2d 976, lv denied 92 N.Y.2d 801). Thus, Family Court properly determined that respondent's son was abandoned, transferred guardianship...

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