MATTER OF LUISA A.


266 A.D.2d 156 (1999)

699 N.Y.S.2d 38

In the Matter of BARBARA LUISA A. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned and/or Neglected. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, Respondent; KENYA A. et al., Appellants.

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

Decided November 30, 1999.


The finding of abandonment was supported by the record, including unrebutted testimony that the mother had no contact whatsoever with her children or the agency for at least six months prior to the filing of the petitions except for one unsuccessful attempt at visitation wherein she arrived so late that the children had already returned home and, where, once she did arrive, she did not ask about the children or suggest a plan for them (see, Matter of Erica C.,

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