Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York January 31, 2012 (In re Shaolin E.P.)

The Family Court properly determined that there was clear and convincing evidence that the mother permanently neglected the subject child by failing, for more than one year after the child’s placement with the Department of Social Services, to plan for the future of the child (see Social Services Law § 384-b [7] [c]; Matter of Star Leslie W., 63 NY2d 136, 142-143 [1984]; Matter of Darrnell G.