MATTER OF DE'VOTA H. VELMA H.


259 A.D.2d 486 (1999)

686 N.Y.S.2d 89

In the Matter of LA'QUAN DE'VOTA H. VELMA H. et al., Appellants; ST. VINCENT'S SERVICES, INC., Respondent.

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

Decided March 1, 1999.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the parents' contentions, the Family Court properly found that the child was permanently neglected. In order to establish permanent neglect as a basis for terminating parental rights, the agency is required to show that the parents "failed for a period of more than one year following the date [that the] child came into [its] care * * * substantially...

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