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New York Appellate Court Revokes Parental Rights in Light of Domestic Violence and Alcohol Related Issues

On May 5, 2011, The Department of Social Services, Otsego Counter, in Cooperstown, New York completed the decision that found a boy to be permanently neglected. The decision was not made lightly. The child was removed from his mother’s care in 2007 when his situation was brought to the attention…

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New York Courts Rule that Repeated Domestic Violence in the Presence of Children Constitutes Neglect

The courts have ruled repeatedly that an act of domestic violence in the presence of within view of a child constitutes neglect. However, an isolated incident of domestic violence does not constitute a case of neglect. An incident is not isolated, though, when it is part of a pattern of…

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