In re Sheila G.

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1984-03-27

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*373 OPINION OF THE COURT Chief Judge Cooke. When a child-care agency has custody of a child and brings a proceeding to terminate parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, it must affirmatively plead in detail and prove by clear and convincing evidence that it has fulfilled its statutory duty to exercise diligent efforts to strengthen the par…

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