MATTER OF ALEXA L.

506341.

79 A.D.3d 1290 (2010)

912 N.Y.S.2d 738

In the Matter of ALEXA L., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; NILZA L., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of ASIA L., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; NILZA L., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of ASIA L., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. COLUMBIA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; NILZA L., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 3.) (And Another Related Proceeding.)

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

Decided December 9, 2010.


KAVANAGH, J.

Respondent has twin daughters, Alexa L. and Asia L. (born in 1994) who, at an early age, were placed with their maternal aunt and remained in her custody until 2006, when the aunt voluntarily surrendered custody of Alexa to petitioner.1 One year later, petitioner filed the first of multiple petitions against respondent, alleging that she had abandoned Alexa. At the first hearing on that petition, the aunt indicated that she...

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