MATTER OF ELIZABETH S. ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES


275 A.D.2d 952 (2000)

713 N.Y.S.2d 408

In the Matter of ELIZABETH S. ONEIDA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; HELENA S., Appellant.

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

Decided September 29, 2000.


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Family Court properly determined that petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that respondent abandoned her child. A child is deemed abandoned for the purpose of terminating parental rights when the parent "evinces an intent to forego his or her parental rights and obligations as manifested by his or her failure to visit the child and communicate...

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