MATTER OF SARAH A.


60 A.D.3d 1293 (2009)

874 N.Y.S.2d 653

In the Matter of SARAH A., an Infant. ERIE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; WAYNE A., Appellant.

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

Decided March 20, 2009.


It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs, the motion is granted, the order entered January 18, 2007 is vacated, and the matter is remitted to Family Court, Erie County, for a hearing on the petition.

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order denying his motion "to Reopen a Finding by Default Terminating Parental Rights" with respect to his daughter based upon findings that he abandoned and permanently...

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