Opinion
No. 16108 Docket No. B33743/19 Case No. 2021-01745
06-09-2022
In the Matter of Angel L.-R., A Dependent Child Under Eighteen Years of Age, etc., Alan R., Respondent-Appellant, Saint Dominic's Family Services, Petitioner-Respondent, Administration for Children Services, Respondent.
Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant. Ira L. Eras, P.C., Brooklyn (Ira L. Eras of counsel), for respondent.
Steven N. Feinman, White Plains, for appellant.
Ira L. Eras, P.C., Brooklyn (Ira L. Eras of counsel), for respondent.
Before: Kapnick, J.P., Mazzarelli, Gesmer, Shulman, Rodriguez, JJ.
Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Sarah P. Cooper, J.), entered on or about April 7, 2021, which, upon a finding of abandonment and permanent neglect, terminated respondent father's parental rights to the subject child, and transferred custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
The court providently exercised its discretion in denying respondent's application for a dispositional hearing before terminating his parental rights, as such a hearing was not statutorily required following its finding of abandonment, conceded by respondent (Matter of Messiah C.T. [Eusebio C.T.], 180 A.D.3d 544, 545 [1st Dept 2020]; Matter of Michael Angelo D. [AbbyAnn D.], 147 A.D.3d 446 [1st Dept 2017]). Respondent's claim of recent significant progress in addressing his parenting deficits is unavailing (see Matter of Keyevon Justice P. [Lativia Denice P.], 90 A.D.3d 477 [1st Dept 2011]).