MATTER OF JUSTICE P.

6304, 6304A.

90 A.D.3d 477 (2011)

935 N.Y.S.2d 13

2011 NY Slip Op 8971

In the Matter of KEYEVON JUSTICE P. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned. LATIVIA DENICE P., Appellant; GRAHAM-WINDHAM SERVICES TO FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, Respondent.

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

Decided December 13, 2011.


Clear and convincing evidence shows, among other things, that respondent had no contact with the children for two years before the filing of the petition. Under the circumstances, Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying respondent's request for a dispositional hearing after the finding of abandonment (see Matter of "Male" G., 30 A.D.3d 337, 338 [2006], lv denied 7 N.Y.3d 711 [2006]). Respondent's belated...

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