MATTER OF REGINA A.


43 A.D.3d 725 (2007)

843 N.Y.S.2d 207

In the Matter of REGINA A., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. REGINALD A., Appellant; ABBOTT HOUSE, Respondent, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided September 20, 2007.


Clear and convincing evidence that respondent father failed to contact the child or agency during the six months prior to the filing of the petition raised a presumption of abandonment, which respondent failed to rebut (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [b]; [5] [a]; see Matter of Anthony M., 195 A.D.2d 315 [1993]). A showing of diligent efforts to encourage respondent's parental relationship with his child was not essential to...

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