MATTER OF MARICEL J.S.

Docket Nos. 2018-13891, 2018-13896, B-17035-16, B-17028-16.

181 A.D.3d 804 (2020)

118 N.Y.S.3d 420

2020 NY Slip Op 01918

In the Matter of Maricel J.S. Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Alex S., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.). In the Matter of Alex C.S., Jr. Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Alex S., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.).

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

Decided March 18, 2020.


Ordered that the orders of fact-finding and disposition are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

We agree with the Family Court's finding that the father abandoned the subject children. The petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that the father failed to visit or maintain regular contact with the children or the petitioner for the six-month period preceding the filing of the petitions, despite his ability to do so, and that the petitioner did...

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