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Facts Did Not Support Family Court’s Dismissal of a Petition to Terminate Parental Rights of Both Parents—Permanent Neglect Finding Was Warranted by the Facts

The First Department reversed Family Court, based on the appellate division’s own findings of fact, and found that neither parent had made realistic plans for the child’s future, constituting clear and convincing evidence of permanent neglect:

There is no dispute that the agency has met the threshold requirement in a permanent neglect proceeding of showing it discharged its statutory obligation to exert diligent efforts to encourage and strengthen the parental relationships (see Social Services Law § 384-b[7][a]…). However, contrary to the findings by Family Court, there is clear and convincing evidence, the standard of proof required …, that despite the agency’s diligence, neither parent has, “for a period of either at least one year or fifteen out of the most recent twenty-two months following the date [the] child came into the care of an authorized agency,” shown sufficient planning for the child’s future, as described in the Social Services Law, to warrant continuing parental rights (see Social Services Law § 384-b[7][a]…).

Planning for the future of the child under the Social Services Law requires that the parent take “necessary [steps] to provide an adequate, stable home and parental care for the child within a period of time which is reasonable”; at the very least, the parent must take steps to “correct the conditions” that resulted in the initial removal of the child from the home … . Matter of Selvin Adoph F v Thelma Lynn F, 2014 NY Slip Op 03432, 1st Dept 5-13-14

 

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