Majority
Orders of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Maureen McLeod, J.), entered on or about September 25, 2000, insofar as appealed from, terminating respondent-appellant’s parental rights to the subject children and awarding their guardianship and custody to the Commissioner of Social Services and petitioner agency for the purpose of adoption, upon a finding of permanent neglect, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Clear and convincing evidence, including the testimony of the agency’s caseworker, supports the findings that diligent efforts by the agency to plan with respondent for the children’s future and to arrange visitation between respondent and the children were frustrated by respondent’s failure to regularly or timely attend scheduled visitation with the children and plan
Cases cited
- In re Sheila G. 61 NY2d 368 at 385 p. 289