MATTER OF MICHAEL B.


284 A.D.2d 946 (2001)

726 N.Y.S.2d 508

In the Matter of MICHAEL B., an Infant. GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; CARMELLA B., Appellant.

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

Decided June 8, 2001.


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, "for the period of six months immediately prior to the date on which the petition [for abandonment] is filed" (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [b]), the parent "evinces an intent to forego...

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