MATTER OF MONIQUE S.

1780, 1781

68 A.D.3d 525 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 9280

891 N.Y.S.2d 354

In the Matter of ALICIA MONIQUE S., an Infant. OSWALD S., Appellant; LEAKE & WATTS SERVICES, INC., Respondent.

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

Decided December 15, 2009.


Upon conclusion of the dispositional hearing and prior to the court's 2004 order, the child was removed from her preadoptive foster home due to a founded report of excessive corporal punishment by the foster mother. Respondent has failed to meet his heavy burden of showing this evidence could not have been discovered earlier with due diligence (see H & Y Realty Co. v Baron, 193 A.D.2d 429

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