In re William Lamaill McK

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

In re William Lamaill McK

248 A.D.2d 715, 671 N.Y.S.2d 277

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

DecidedMarch 30, 1998

StatusPublished

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In re William Lamaill McK, 248 A.D.2d 715, 671 N.Y.S.2d 277 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1998).

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Opinion

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights based on permanent neglect, the father appeals from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (Greenbaum, J.), entered March 21, 1996, which, after a hearing, terminated his parental rights.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

Contrary to the father’s contention, he failed to apprise the respondent agency of his whereabouts for a period of over two years, far exceeding the six-month statutory period. Therefore, the agency was excused from demonstrating that it exercised diligent efforts to strengthen the parental relationship (see, Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [e] [i]; Matter of Valencia Ka-

tina H., 119 AD2d 821).

Joy, J. P., Krausman, Florio and Luciano, JJ., concur.

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