MATTER OF ISHMAEL A.


264 A.D.2d 647 (1999)

694 N.Y.S.2d 658

In the Matter of ISHMAEL A. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY, Respondent; MARILU A., Appellant.

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

Decided September 23, 1999.


The finding of abandonment is supported by clear and convincing evidence that respondent did not visit the children or communicate with the agency for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petitions and the absence of evidence that respondent was unable to so visit or communicate or was prevented or discouraged from doing so by the agency (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [b]; [5]). Respondent's communications...

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