MATTER OF MYLA-RAY L.

2019-13036. Docket No. B-1131-19.

195 A.D.3d 1024 (2021)

146 N.Y.S.3d 823

2021 NY Slip Op 04135

In the Matter of Myla-Ray L. Orange County Department of Social Services, Respondent; Ryan L., Appellant.

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

Decided June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christine Theodore , Spring Valley, NY, for appellant.

Langdon C. Chapman , County Attorney, Goshen, NY ( Stephanie Bazile of counsel), for respondent.

Steven P. Forbes , Huntington, NY, attorney for the child.

Rivera, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Connolly and Wooten, JJ., concur.


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

Three months after her birth, the subject child was placed in the temporary custody of her maternal grandmother. After a fact-finding hearing, the Family Court found that the father abandoned the child. The father appeals.

Termination of parental rights is authorized by Social Services Law § 384-b(4)(b) when a parent abandons a child for a period of six...

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