MATTER OF MICHAELA PP

507271.

72 A.D.3d 1430 (2010)

900 N.Y.S.2d 166

In the Matter of MICHAELA PP. and Another, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. BROOME COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; DERWOOD PP., Appellant.

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

Decided April 29, 2010.


CARDONA, P.J.

Respondent is the father of two children, Michaela (born in 2004) and Nicholas (born in 1995), who have been in petitioner's custody since March 2004. In October 2008, petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking to terminate respondent's parental rights on the ground of abandonment.* Following a hearing, Family Court granted the petition and freed the children for adoption, prompting this appeal.

In order to terminate...

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