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MATTER OF HAROLD L.S.

CAF 10-00863.

89 A.D.3d 1447 (2011)

932 N.Y.S.2d 408

2011 NY Slip Op 8016

In the Matter of HAROLD L.S., an Infant. MONROE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent; HAROLD S., Appellant.

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

Decided November 10, 2011.

It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment and freeing his child for adoption. The father refused to attend the fact-finding hearing and his attorney, although present, elected not to participate in the father's absence. Under those circumstances, we conclude that the father's refusal to appear constituted a default, and...

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