| Matter of Daevon Lamar P. |
| 2008 NY Slip Op 01151 [48 AD3d 469] |
| February 5, 2008 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| In the Matter of Daevon Lamar P. Administration for Children'sServices et al., Respondents; Dwight P., Appellant. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of DeenaLailah P. Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents; Dwight P., Appellant.(Proceeding No. 2.) In the Matter of Dwight Maurice P., Jr. Administration for Children'sServices et al., Respondents; Dwight P., Appellant. (Proceeding No.3.) |
—[*1] Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola, N.Y. (Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for respondentGraham-Windham Services to Families and Children. Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Judith Waksberg of counsel), LawGuardian.
In three related proceedings pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminateparental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, the father appeals, as limited by his brief,from so much of three orders of the Family Court, Queens County (Richroath, J.) (one as to eachchild), each dated November 17, 2006, as, after fact-finding and dispositional hearings, and uponfinding that he [*2]permanently neglected the subject children,terminated his parental rights and transferred custody and guardianship of the children toGraham-Windham Services to Families and Children and the Commissioner of Social Servicesof the City of New York for the purpose of adoption.
Ordered that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs ordisbursements.
The Family Court correctly determined that it would be in the children's best interests toterminate the father's parental rights and free the children for adoption by their foster parents,with whom they had been living for over three years and for substantially all of their lives (see Matter of Tynell S., 43 AD3d1171, 1173 [2007]; Matter of Marie J., 307 AD2d 265 [2003]; Matter of DianaL., 299 AD2d 359, 360 [2002]). Rivera, J.P., Ritter, Dillon and Carni, JJ., concur.