MATTER OF CHEYANNE M.


299 A.D.2d 162 (2002)

753 N.Y.S.2d 360

In the Matter of CHEYANNE M., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. ALBERTA M. et al., Appellants; LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF METROPOLITAN NEW YORK, INC., Respondent.

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

Decided November 7, 2002.


While postadoption contact is permitted in the context of a surrender agreement pursuant to Social Services Law § 383-c, it remains that "open adoption" is not a dispositional option in the context of a termination proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b (see Matter of Gregory B., 74 N.Y.2d 77, 91; Matter of Jacob, 86 N.Y.2d 651, 667). Accordingly, Family Court properly...

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