Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1997

In re Nicole B.

In re Nicole B.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided July 3, 1997
241 A.D.2d 347; 660 N.Y.S.2d 978; 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 7188
In re Nicole B.

Opinion of the Court

Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.), entered on or about December 23, 1994, terminating respondent’s parental rights upon findings of abandonment and permanent neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Family Court’s fact-finding order is supported by clear and convincing evidence of respondent’s noncooperation with petitioner’s efforts to arrange visits with the children and its dispositional order by a preponderance of the evidence that the children’s best interests would be served by making them available for adoption. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Nardelli, Williams, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.

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