Case Name: In the Matter of Christina Marie B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Catholic Guardian Society, Respondent; Lois F. et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-11-09
Citations: 155 A.D.2d 277
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Christina Marie B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Catholic Guardian Society, Respondent; Lois F. et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 277–277

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Christina Marie B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Catholic Guardian Society, Respondent; Lois F. et al., Appellants.

Opinion:
— Three orders, Family Court, New York County (Bruce Kaplan, J.), each entered May 21, 1987, which, in a proceeding brought pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, terminated the parental rights of the respondent parents, and awarded custody to the Commissioner of Social Services, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
A review of the several adjournment proceeding transcripts shows no abuse of discretion in denying the request for an adjournment and holding the evidentiary fact-finding hearing on the day set. Nor were the respondents deprived of their constitutional due process rights by the denial of an adjournment under all the circumstances. (Matter of Burnes v Burnes, 60 Misc 2d 675, 677.) Further, conducting the dispositional hearing the same day, immediately following the fact-finding hearing, was also permissible. (Family Ct Act § 625 [a].) Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Carro, Asch, Kassal and Rosenberger, JJ.