IN THE MATTER OF JAYSAWNNA


22 A.D.3d 383 (2005)

802 N.Y.S.2d 173

In the Matter of JAHISHA JAYSAWNNA J., an Infant. JARRETT J., Appellant. THE FORESTDALE-BROOKLYN HOME FOR CHILDREN, Respondent.

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

October 20, 2005.


The evidence established that the best interests of the child would be served by freeing her for adoption by her foster family. Although respondent-appellant notice father showed genuine interest in the child, he had been unavailable to her for most of her six years, and continued to be unavailable as a resource at the time of the dispositional hearing, by reason of incarceration. The child's foster family, on the other hand, had for years afforded her and her sister a stable...

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