IN THE MATTER OF LORETTA


23 A.D.3d 317 (2005)

804 N.Y.S.2d 313

In the Matter of ZARLIA LORETTA J., an Infant. HAROLD J., Appellant; ABBOTT HOUSE, Respondent.

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

November 29, 2005.


The evidence at the dispositional hearing demonstrated that it was in the child's best interests to be freed for adoption by her foster family. In determining which of the available dispositions was in the child's best interests, there was no presumption favoring the child's natural extended family (see Matter of Maria Elizabeth A., 219 A.D.2d 503 [1995]), and while the record discloses that the child's aunt is a loving and experienced...

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