| Matter of Williams D. (Vernetta Bernadett D.) |
| 2011 NY Slip Op 01836 [82 AD3d 882] |
| March 8, 2011 |
| Appellate Division, Second Department |
| Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. |
| In the Matter of Daniel Williams D., Also Known as Daniel D., an Infant. Administration for Children's Services et al., Respondents; Vernetta Bernadett D., Appellant. |
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Warren & Warren, P.C., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Ira L. Eras of counsel), for respondent Mercyfirst.
Steven Banks, New York, N.Y. (Tamara A. Steckler and Patricia Colella of counsel),
attorney for the child.
In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate the mother's parental rights on the ground of abandonment, the mother appeals from an order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper) of the Family Court, Queens County (McGowan, J.), dated April 12, 2010, which, after fact-finding and dispositional hearings, found that she abandoned the subject child, terminated her parental rights, and transferred custody and guardianship of the subject child to the Commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services of the City of New York and Mercyfirst for the purpose of adoption.
Ordered that the order of fact-finding and disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the mother's contention, the Family Court providently exercised its discretion in denying her request for an adjournment in order to present the testimony of a caseworker. The mother failed to subpoena the caseworker, although she had ample opportunity to do so, and she only speculated that the caseworker would offer testimony favorable to her (see Matter of Kaseem J., 52 AD3d 1321 [2008]; Matter of Alexander James R., 48 AD3d 820 [2008]; Matter of Alexa Ray R., 276 AD2d 703 [2000]). Dillon, J.P., Dickerson, Hall and Roman, JJ., concur.