In re Najuan W.

Full title: IN THE MATTER OF NAJUAN W. JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department

Date published: Jun 12, 2020

2020 N.Y. Slip Op. 3314 (N.Y. App. Div. 2020)

Opinion

407 CAF 19-00790

06-12-2020

IN THE MATTER OF NAJUAN W. JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, PETITIONER-RESPONDENT; STEPHON W., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. (APPEAL NO. 1.)

LYNNE M. BLANK, WEBSTER, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT. MICHAEL D. WERNER, WATERTOWN, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT. JUSTIN F. BROTHERTON, WATERTOWN, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.

SMITH, J.P., CARNI, LINDLEY, CURRAN, AND DEJOSEPH, JJ.

PRESENT:

LYNNE M. BLANK, WEBSTER, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

MICHAEL D. WERNER, WATERTOWN, FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.

JUSTIN F. BROTHERTON, WATERTOWN, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Jefferson County (Eugene J. Langone, Jr., J.), entered April 9, 2019 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, insofar as appealed from, determined that respondent had abandoned the subject child.

It is hereby ORDERED that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.

Same memorandum as in Matter of Najuan W. (Stephon W.) ([appeal No. 2] — AD3d — [June 12, 2020] [4th Dept 2020]).

Entered: June 12, 2020

Mark W. Bennett

Clerk of the Court