MATTER OF KRISTIAN U. F.-K.


283 A.D.2d 199 (2001)

724 N.Y.S.2d 403

In the Matter of KRISTIAN U. F.-K., a Child Alleged to be Abandoned. GEORGE K., Appellant; SEAMEN'S SOCIETY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Respondent, et al., Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 8, 2001.


The caseworker's testimony that respondent did not visit the child or communicate with the agency for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition gave rise to a presumption of abandonment that respondent, who did not testify, failed to rebut (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [b]; [5]; see, Matter of Kareema Monique B., 211 A.D.2d 577). No basis exists to disturb...

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