MATTER OF IMANI M.


61 A.D.3d 870 (2009)

877 N.Y.S.2d 417

In the Matter of IMANI M., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DERRICK J., Appellant.

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

Decided April 21, 2009.


Ordered that the order of disposition is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Dutchess County, for a dispositional hearing in accordance herewith.

Contrary to the father's contention, the evidence presented at the fact-finding hearing established that the petitioner, Dutchess County Department of Social Services (hereinafter the agency), made diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parent-child...

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