Case Name: In the Matter of Richard B. et al., Children Alleged to be Abandoned. Shirley Harvey-Cook, as Commissioner of Orange County Department of Social Services, Appellant; Brenda B. et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-11-22
Citations: 90 A.D.2d 832
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Richard B. et al., Children Alleged to be Abandoned. Shirley Harvey-Cook, as Commissioner of Orange County Department of Social Services, Appellant; Brenda B. et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 90
Pages: 832–832

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Richard B. et al., Children Alleged to be Abandoned. Shirley Harvey-Cook, as Commissioner of Orange County Department of Social Services, Appellant; Brenda B. et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Appeal by petitioner, the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services of Orange County, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Orange County (Mazzeo, J.), dated May 15, 1981, as, after a hearing, adjudged that the children in question were not abandoned children under section 384-b (subd 5, pars [a], [b]) of the Social Services Law. Order affirmed, insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements. The petitioner failed to meet the burden of proof required for the termination of parental rights. Mollen, P. J., Titone, Weinstein and Rubin, JJ., concur.