MATTER OF GABRIEL D.

507073

68 A.D.3d 1505 (2009)

2009 NY Slip Op 9583

891 N.Y.S.2d 551

In the Matter of GABRIEL D., Alleged to be an Abandoned Child. BROOME COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; ANDREA D., Appellant.

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

Decided December 24, 2009.


Lahtinen, J.

Respondent is the mother of a son born in 2006. She was an acknowledged crack cocaine addict and stated that her child was born addicted. He has been in a foster home his entire life. In late May 2008, petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking to terminate respondent's parental rights upon the ground of abandonment. The caseworker, a foster parent and respondent testified at the hearing. Although conflicting proof was presented regarding respondent...

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