Practice point: The petitioner established that the mother abandoned the child by failing to visit or maintain contact with the child for six months prior to the filing of the petition to terminate her parental rights, pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b.
Student note: The fact that the mother maintained communication with the petitioner regarding her other children, whom she continued to visit, did not negate the petitioner's showing that the mother intended to forgo her parental rights and obligations with respect to the child in question.
Case: Matter of Amaru M. v. Kizwana M., NY Slip Op 06561 (2d Dept. 2011).
Tomorrow’s issue: Sidewalk defects.
