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TERMINATION OF FATHER’S PARENTAL RIGHTS AFFIRMED; TWO DISSENTERS ARGUED THERE WAS NO ADMISSIBLE PROOF FATHER FAILED TO PLAN FOR THE CHILDREN’S FUTURE FOR ONE FULL YEAR (FOURTH DEPT). ​

The Fourth Department, over a two-justice dissent, affirmed the termination of father’s parental rights. The dissenters argued there was no admissible proof that father failed to plan for the children’s future for one full year:

From the dissent:

We agree with the majority that petitioner met its burden of establishing that respondent father failed to plan for the children’s future from April 2021—when the father began hearing voices but failed to disclose it—through December 2021. However, inasmuch as petitioner failed to meet its burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that the father failed to plan for the children’s future for one full year …, we respectfully dissent.

To that end, the only evidence of a failure to plan for the children’s future from December 2020 to April 2021 was petitioner’s exhibit 5, a medical record that referenced the father’s admission to continued use of synthetic marihuana. However, that exhibit was withdrawn by petitioner as not properly authenticated and was thereafter never entered into evidence or placed into the record. Inasmuch as the record lacks other admissible evidence that the father failed to plan for the children’s future from December 2020 to April 2021, Family Court’s improper reliance upon facts outside the record is not harmless … , and petitioner failed to meet its burden by clear and convincing evidence … . Therefore, we would reverse the order and dismiss the petition against the father. Matter of Tori-Lynn L. (Troy L.), 2024 NY Slip Op 02440, Fourth Dept 5-3-24

Practice Point: One element of the proof necessary to terminate parental rights is the parent’s failure to plan for the children’s future for one full year.

 

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