MATTER OF DARRELL H.

2018-14234. Docket Nos. B-12821-16, B-12828-16.

189 A.D.3d 1235 (2020)

134 N.Y.S.3d 241

2020 NY Slip Op 07571

In the Matter of Darrell H., Jr. Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Darrell D.H., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of Nevaeh M.H. Suffolk County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Darrell D.H., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided December 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abbe Shapiro , Mount Sinai, NY, for appellant.

Dennis M. Cohen , County Attorney, Central Islip, NY ( Alex J. Berkman of counsel), for respondent.

Heather A. Fig , Bayport, NY, attorney for the children.

Mastro, J.P., Austin, Miller and Connolly, JJ., concur.


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

In October 2014, the subject children were placed into foster care. In June 2016, the petitioner, Suffolk County Department of Social Services, commenced these proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate the father's parental rights on the ground of, inter alia, abandonment. By order of fact-finding and disposition, after a hearing, the Family...

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