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MATTER OF MASON H.

No. 112 SSM 11.

31 N.Y.3d 1109 (2018)

105 N.E.3d 350

80 N.Y.S.3d 211

2018 NY Slip Op 04384

In the Matter of MASON H., Alleged to be an Abandoned Child. BROOME COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Respondent; JOSEPH H., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 14, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra M. Colatosti. Albany, for appellant.

Thomas P. Coulson, Broome County Department of Social Services, Binghamton, for respondent.

D.J. & J.A. Cirando, Syracuse (John A. Cirando of counsel), Attorney for the Child.

Chief Judge DIFIORE and Judges RIVERA, STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA, WILSON and FEINMAN concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the petition dismissed.

An order terminating parental rights may be entered upon the ground that a child's parent "abandoned such child for the period of six months immediately prior to the date on which the petition is filed in the court" (Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [b]). A child...

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