Case Name: In the Matter of Alexandra Aliya Nicole B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned and/or Permanently Neglected. Sheltering Arms Children's Services, Respondent; Margaret G., Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1997-07-03
Citations: 241 A.D.2d 347
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Alexandra Aliya Nicole B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned and/or Permanently Neglected. Sheltering Arms Children’s Services, Respondent; Margaret G., Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 241
Pages: 347–347

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Alexandra Aliya Nicole B. and Others, Children Alleged to be Abandoned and/or Permanently Neglected. Sheltering Arms Children’s Services, Respondent; Margaret G., Appellant.
[660 NYS2d 978]

Opinion:
Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.), entered on or about December 23, 1994, terminating respondent's parental rights upon findings of abandonment and permanent neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Family Court's fact-finding order is supported by clear and convincing evidence of respondent's noncooperation with petitioner's efforts to arrange visits with the children and its dispositional order by a preponderance of the evidence that the children's best interests would be served by making them available for adoption. Concur—Milonas, J. P., Nardelli, Williams, Mazzarelli and Andrias, JJ.