Respondent testified that he called the caseworker three times and was promised tickets and a map to the agency, and that because the caseworker never sent these items to him, she discouraged him from visiting the child within the meaning of Social Services Law § 384-b (5) (a). Such testimony hardly satisfied respondent's burden of showing that he was unable to maintain contact with the child during the six-month abandonment period or was discouraged from doing so by...
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