Opinion
November 6, 1997
Appeal from the Family Court, Bronx County (Stewart Weinstein, J.).
Clear and convincing evidence supports Family Court's finding that respondent failed to maintain frequent and substantial contacts with the subject child for a period of more than one year subsequent to the placement of the child in foster care (Social Services Law § 384-b [a], [b]; see, Matter of Aisha Latisha J., 182 A.D.2d 498, lv denied 80 N.Y.2d 759). Given respondent's admitted history of multiple substance abuse, for which she remained in treatment through the hearing on the permanent neglect petition, and the substantial length of time that the child and her brother have been in the preadoptive home, adoption is clearly in the child's best interests. We have considered respondent's other arguments and find them to be without merit.
Concur — Wallach, J. P., Nardelli, Tom, Mazzarelli and Colabella, JJ.