Case Name: In the Matter of Shatina L., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. Donald L., Appellant; Chautauqua County Department of Social Services, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-04-19
Citations: 226 A.D.2d 1069
Docket Number: Appeal No. 1
Parties: In the Matter of Shatina L., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. Donald L., Appellant; Chautauqua County Department of Social Services, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 226
Pages: 1069–1069

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Shatina L., a Child Alleged to be Permanently Neglected. Donald L., Appellant; Chautauqua County Department of Social Services, Respondent.
(Appeal No. 1.)
[642 NYS2d 845]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Family Court properly granted the petitions terminating the parental rights of respondent based upon his permanent neglect of his three daughters. Despite petitioner's efforts over a three-year period to help respondent to plan for his children's future, respondent continually failed to do so (see, Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [a]; Matter of Star Leslie W., 63 NY2d 136; Matter of Tanya P., 219 AD2d 849). (Appeal from Order of Chautauqua County Family Court, Hartley, J.— Terminate Parental Rights.) Present—Pine, J. P., Lawton, Wesley, Balio and Davis, JJ.