Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1996

In re Kathryn P.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 8, 1996

225 A.D.2d 1064; 639 N.Y.2d 606; 639 N.Y.S.2d 606; 1996 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2901

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

In re Peter GG. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2006)
In re Ashley E. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 2004)
In re James Carton K. (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1997)

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Opinion of the Court

Memorandum: Family Court properly granted the petition terminating the parental rights of respondent based upon her permanent neglect of her four children. Petitioner proved by clear and convincing evidence that respondent’s alcoholism and mental illness had resulted in respondent’s failure to maintain contact with the children or plan for their future (see, Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a]; Matter of St. Vincent’s Servs. [Joseph Bernard H.] v Jean H., 211 AD2d 799, 800, lv denied 85 NY2d 811). Although two of the children are living with their father and there is no evidence that adoption is contemplated for them, the record nevertheless supports the *1065court’s finding that termination of respondent’s parental rights is in their best interests (see, Family Ct Act § 623).

In light of respondent’s disruptive behavior at the dispositional hearing, the court did not err in completing the hearing in respondent’s absence (see, Matter of Victoria B., 185 AD2d 811, 812). (Appeal from Order of Jefferson County Family Court, Hunt, J. — Terminate Parental Rights.) Present — Den-man, P. J., Pine, Wesley, Callahan and Boehm, JJ.

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