MATTER OF JOSEPH D.

529883.

193 A.D.3d 1290 (2021)

147 N.Y.S.3d 231

2021 NY Slip Op 02573

In the Matter of Joseph D., Alleged to be an Abandoned Child. Sullivan County Department of Family Services, Respondent; Joseph PP., Appellant.

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

Decided April 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cliff Gordon , Monticello, for appellant.

Sullivan County Department of Family Services, Monticello ( Michael Andreani of counsel), for respondent.

Marcia Heller , Rock Hill, attorney for the child.

Lynch, Clark, Pritzker and Colangelo, JJ., concur.


Respondent is the father of the subject child (born in 2015), who has been in petitioner's custody since May 2017. In March 2019, petitioner commenced this proceeding to terminate respondent's parental rights based upon abandonment. Following a fact-finding hearing, Family Court determined that respondent had abandoned the child and...

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