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IN THE MATTER OF JUAN A.

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72 A.D.3d 542 (2010)

898 N.Y.S.2d 838

In the Matter of JUAN A. and Another, Children Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEMS UNLIMITED, INC., Respondent; NHAIMA D.R., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided April 22, 2010.

The threshold inquiry in any permanent neglect proceeding is whether the agency discharged its statutory obligation to exert diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parent-child relationship (see Matter of Sheila G., 61 N.Y.2d 368, 373 [1984]). Here, petitioner demonstrated that it prepared a service plan for respondent that included drug treatment, parenting skills and anger management programs, and that she failed...

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