In re Keisha B.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re Keisha B.

209 A.D.2d 355, 619 N.Y.S.2d 553, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11794

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedNovember 29, 1994

StatusPublished

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In re Keisha B., 209 A.D.2d 355, 619 N.Y.S.2d 553, 1994 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 11794 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1994).

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—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Jeffry Gallet, J.), entered April 13, 1993, inter alia, terminating respondents’ parental rights and transferring custody and guardianship of the subject children to petitioner for purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

With respect to its claim of permanent neglect against respondent mother, petitioner agency demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence, that it made diligent efforts to encourage her to overcome her drug addiction and to plan for the future of these now teenage children; however, the mother’s response was both belated and inadequate (Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a], [f]).

With respect to its claim of abandonment against respondent father, respondent failed to rebut the statutory presumption that he was able to communicate with the children (Social Services Law § 384-b [5] [a]), and his obligation to do so was relieved neither by his incarceration nor by any order preventing visitation (see, Matter of Charmaine T., 173 AD2d 625, 627). No order suspending contact with the children was [356]*356ever presented to the court, and the law guardian denies that any such order exists. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Ross, Asch, Rubin and Williams, JJ.

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—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Jeffry Gallet, J.), entered April 13, 1993, inter alia, terminating respondents’ parental rights and transferring custody and guardianship of the subject children to petitioner for purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

With respect to its claim of permanent neglect against respondent mother, petitioner agency demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence, that it made diligent efforts to encourage her to overcome her drug addiction and to plan for the future of these now teenage children; however, the mother’s response was both belated and inadequate (Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a], [f]).

With respect to its claim of abandonment against respondent father, respondent failed to rebut the statutory presumption that he was able to communicate with the children (Social Services Law § 384-b [5] [a]), and his obligation to do so was relieved neither by his incarceration nor by any order preventing visitation (see, Matter of Charmaine T., 173 AD2d 625, 627). No order suspending contact with the children was [356]*356ever presented to the court, and the law guardian denies that any such order exists. Concur—Ellerin, J. P., Ross, Asch, Rubin and Williams, JJ.

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