In re Antonio Alexis V.
Opinion of the Court
—In seven related proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, the father appeals (1), as limited by his brief, from so much of six dispositional orders of the Family Court, Kings County (Porzio, J.), all dated July 19, 2000 (one as to each child, except Crystal Maria V., also known as Crystal V.), as, after a fact-finding hearing, terminated his parental rights with respect to each of those children, and transferred custody and guardianship rights of those children to the Commissioner of Social Services and St. Dominic’s Home for the purposes of adoption, and (2) from a dispositional order of the same court, also dated July 19, 2000, which granted the petitioner’s motion for leave to withdraw the proceeding with respect to the child Crystal Maria V., also known as Crystal V.
Ordered that the appeal from the dispositional order with respect to Crystal Maria V., also known as Crystal V., is' dismissed, without costs or disbursements, on the ground that the appellant is not aggrieved thereby; and it is further,
Ordered that the dispositional orders as to the other six children are affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or • disbursements.
The evidence adduced at the fact-finding hearing supports the finding of permanent neglect of each of the six subject children. The Agency established by clear and convincing evi
In addition, the evidence adduced at the dispositional hearing demonstrated that the children’s best interests would be served by terminating the father’s parental rights and freeing them for adoption by their foster parents, with whom they had bonded and expressed their desire to remain (see Matter of Tiwana M., 267 AD2d 144; Matter of Brandon W., 262 AD2d 644; Matter of Maldrina R., 219 AD2d 723). Feuerstein, J.P., S. Miller, Krausman and Cozier, JJ., concur.
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