Matter of Arieona A.S.
2007 NY Slip Op 07157 [43 AD3d 1351]
September 28, 2007
Appellate Division, Fourth Department
Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431.
As corrected through Wednesday, November 7, 2007


In the Matter of Arieona A.S., an Infant. Monroe County Department of Human Services, Respondent; Christopher H., Appellant.

—[*1] Edward J. Nowak, Public Defender, Rochester (William Clauss of counsel), for respondent-appellant.

Daniel M. DeLaus, County Attorney, Rochester (Paul N. Humphrey of counsel), for petitioner-respondent.

Nigos Karatas, Law Guardian, Rochester, for Arieona A.S.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Monroe County (Gail A. Donofrio, J.), entered June 1, 2006. The order terminated respondent's parental rights based upon a finding of permanent neglect and committed the guardianship and custody of the child to petitioner.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Family Court. Present—Hurlbutt, J.P., Martoche, Smith, Lunn and Peradotto, JJ.