MATTER OF MALIKAH MM.


40 A.D.3d 1173 (2007)

835 N.Y.S.2d 745

In the Matter of MALIKAH MM. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. SCHENECTADY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; NORMAN MM., Appellant.

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

Decided May 3, 2007.


Carpinello, J.

The four children who are the subject of this proceeding have been in petitioner's custody since the spring of 2003 by way of voluntary placement agreements executed by their parents. In January 2006, this abandonment proceeding was commenced against respondent, their father. Following a fact-finding hearing at which respondent was represented by counsel but failed to personally appear, Family Court found...

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