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MATTER OF HEAVEN A.A.

2013-08506 (Docket No. B-17460/11)

130 A.D.3d 10 (2015)

8 N.Y.S.3d 384

2015 NY Slip Op 03833

In the Matter of HEAVEN A.A., Also Known as HEAVEN A. SCO FAMILY OF SERVICES, Respondent; TYRONE W., Appellant, et al., Respondent.

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

Decided May 6, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rayaaz N. Khan , Jamaica, for appellant.

Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola ( Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for respondent.

Seymour W. James, Jr. , New York City ( Tamara A. Steckler and Claire V. Merkine of counsel), Attorney for the Child.

ENG, P.J., DUFFY and BARROS, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

We are asked to address whether a Family Court may render a determination that a putative father has abandoned a child so as to free the child for adoption, if there is not first a threshold finding that the putative father is, in fact, the father of the child. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude...

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