Opinion
January 30, 1995
Appeal from the Family Court, Orange County (Ludmerer, J.).
Ordered that the appeal from the decision is dismissed, without costs or disbursements, since no appeal lies from a decision (see, Schicchi v. Green Constr. Corp., 100 A.D.2d 509); and it is further,
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the father's contention, the petitioner, the Orange County Department of Social Services, satisfied its burden of proving permanent neglect by establishing that the father had failed to plan for the future of his child despite the petitioner's diligent efforts to strengthen the parent-child relationship (see, Social Services Law § 384-b; Matter of Rockland County Dept. of Social Servs. v. Leroy W., 208 A.D.2d 848). Thus, the Family Court properly determined that it was in the best interests of the child to be freed for adoption. Bracken, J.P., Rosenblatt, O'Brien and Altman, JJ., concur.