MATTER OF BOY B.


262 A.D.2d 9 (1999)

690 N.Y.S.2d 568

In the Matter of BABY BOY B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. TAJUANA B., Appellant; SALVATION ARMY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN, Respondent.

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

Decided June 1, 1999.


We see no reason to disturb Family Court's finding of credibility rejecting respondent's testimony that she or her prison social worker called the agency on five occasions during the abandonment period in an effort to communicate with the children, but either was told by the receptionist to call back or got no answer. In any event, such testimony, even if credited, does not show contact substantial enough to avoid a finding of abandonment...

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