MATTER OF DESTINY B.

2021-04018. Docket No. N-2027-19.

203 A.D.3d 1042 (2022)

162 N.Y.S.3d 760

2022 NY Slip Op 01997

In the Matter of Destiny B. Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services, Respondent; Anthony R., Appellant.

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

Decided March 23, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Yasmin Daley Duncan , Brooklyn, NY, for appellant.

Caroline E. Blackburn , County Attorney, Poughkeepsie, NY ( Thomas P. Delpizzo of counsel), for respondent.

Karen C. Palumbo , Poughkeepsie, NY, attorney for the child.

Dillon, J.P., Duffy, Connolly and Christopher, JJ., concur.


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

In May 2019, the Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services (hereinafter DCFS) commenced this proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10 against the father of a child who had been in foster care since her birth in May 2019. DCFS alleged, inter alia, that the father neglected the child by failing to appropriately and effectively plan for her care.

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