MATTER OF LATOYA P.


308 A.D.2d 402 (2003)

764 N.Y.S.2d 428

In the Matter of LATOYA P., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. WILLIAM P., Appellant; ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES, Respondent, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided September 25, 2003.


The finding of abandonment is supported by clear and convincing evidence, including petitioner's progress notes and respondent's testimony showing insubstantial contact with the child notwithstanding that he knew her address and telephone number and was not discouraged from visiting or communicating with her. Notably, respondent's contacts with the child were even less than the "sporadic and minimal" contacts that warranted the termination of corespondent mother's parental...

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