IN THE MATTER OF HAROLD L.S., 89 A.D.3d 1447 (2011)
Court: Supreme Court of New York
Number: innyco20111110519
Visitors: 19
Filed: Nov. 10, 2011
Latest Update: Nov. 10, 2011
Summary: It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs. Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment and freeing his child for adoption. The father refused to attend the fact-finding hearing and his attorney, although present, elected not to participate in the father's absence. Under those circumstances, we conclude that the father's refusal to appear constituted a default, and we therefore dismiss the app
Summary: It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs. Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment and freeing his child for adoption. The father refused to attend the fact-finding hearing and his attorney, although present, elected not to participate in the father's absence. Under those circumstances, we conclude that the father's refusal to appear constituted a default, and we therefore dismiss the appe..
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It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment and freeing his child for adoption. The father refused to attend the fact-finding hearing and his attorney, although present, elected not to participate in the father's absence. Under those circumstances, we conclude that the father's refusal to appear constituted a default, and we therefore dismiss the appeal (see Matter of Shawn A. [Milisa C.B.], 85 A.D.3d 1598 [2011]).
Source: Leagle
