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SCO Family of Servs. v. Maurice Mc. (In re Larice N.Mc.)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Jul 17, 2013
108 A.D.3d 675 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)

Opinion

2013-07-17

In the Matter of LARICE N.MC. (Anonymous), etc. SCO Family of Services, respondent; Maurice Mc. (Anonymous), appellant.

Daniel E. Lubetsky, Jamaica, N.Y., for appellant. Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for respondent.



Daniel E. Lubetsky, Jamaica, N.Y., for appellant. Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for respondent.
Jennifer Reddin–Eliou, Whitestone, N.Y., attorney for the child.

WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., PETER B. SKELOS, RUTH C. BALKIN, and JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384–b to terminate parental rights, inter alia, on the ground of permanent neglect, the father appeals from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Queens County (Richroath, J.), dated March 29, 2012, which, upon a fact-finding order of the same court dated January 5, 2012, made after a hearing, finding that he had permanently neglected the subject child, and, after a dispositional hearing, terminated his parental rights and transferred custody and guardianship of the child to SCO Family of Services for the purpose of adoption. The appeal brings up for review the fact-finding order dated January 5, 2012.

ORDERED that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the father's contention, the evidence presented at the fact-finding hearing established, by the requisite clear and convincing standard of proof, that he permanently neglected the subject child by continuing to engage in dangerous criminal activity in her presence in the years following her removal from his custody, by failing to maintain consistent contact with the child, and by failing to plan for her future ( seeSocial Services Law § 384–b; Matter of Sarah Jean R., 290 A.D.2d 511, 512, 736 N.Y.S.2d 410). Notwithstanding the diligent efforts of SCO Family of Services to help reunite the family ( seeSocial Services Law § 384–b[7][a] ), the father was incarcerated and ultimately permanently deported from the United States as a result of his criminal convictions. By his actions, the father failed to plan for the child's return to his custody ( see Matter of Laura F., 48 A.D.3d 812, 852 N.Y.S.2d 388).

Further, the Family Court properly determined that the best interests of the subject child would be served by terminating the father's parental rights and freeing the child for adoption by the foster parent ( seeFamily Ct. Act § 631).


Summaries of

SCO Family of Servs. v. Maurice Mc. (In re Larice N.Mc.)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
Jul 17, 2013
108 A.D.3d 675 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
Case details for

SCO Family of Servs. v. Maurice Mc. (In re Larice N.Mc.)

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of LARICE N.MC. (Anonymous), etc. SCO Family of Services…

Court:Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

Date published: Jul 17, 2013

Citations

108 A.D.3d 675 (N.Y. App. Div. 2013)
969 N.Y.S.2d 531
2013 N.Y. Slip Op. 5319

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