Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York December 1, 2011 (James NN. v. Cortland County Department of Social Services)

Egan Jr., J.

*1097Petitioner (hereinafter the father) is the biological father of Sierra C. (born in June 2007),1 and respondent is the local social services agency into whose care and custody the child has been entrusted.