MATTER OF TANISHA A.-N.


48 A.D.3d 801 (2008)

853 N.Y.S.2d 145

In the Matter of LEAH TANISHA A.-N., Also Known as LEAH NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, Respondent; OMAR XAVIER A. et al., Appellants. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of AYAL OMAR A.-N., Also Known as AYAL A. NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, Respondent; OMAR XAVIER A. et al., Appellants. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of IESHA DANA A.-N., Also Known as IESHA A. NEW YORK FOUNDLING HOSPITAL, Respondent; OMAR XAVIER A. et al., Appellants. (Proceeding No. 3.)

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

Decided February 26, 2008.


Ordered that the orders of fact-finding and disposition are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

In a proceeding to terminate parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, the agency must, as a threshold matter, prove by clear and convincing evidence that it has fulfilled its statutory duty to exercise diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parent-child relationship (see Matter of Jamie M., 63 N.Y.2d 388

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