MATTER OF MICHAEL T.J.K.

8152.

168 A.D.3d 545 (2019)

90 N.Y.S.3d 525

2019 NY Slip Op 00380

In the Matter of Michael T.J.K., an Infant. Alicia R., Appellant; Sheltering Arms Children & Family Services, Respondent.

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

Decided January 22, 2019.


Clear and convincing evidence that respondent had no contact with the child or the agency during the six months preceding the filing of the petition raised a presumption that she had abandoned the child, which she failed to rebut (Social Services Law § 384-b [5] [a]; Matter of Julius P., 63 N.Y.2d 477, 481 [1984]). Respondent's assertions that she did not know the child's whereabouts, and her single attempt to contact a prior...

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