Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York July 11, 2012 (Andrew S. v. Gristina)

In 2003, when the plaintiff was 13 years old, he was placed in foster care when it was discovered, inter alia, that he had been sexually abused by the son of his father’s girlfriend. The father chose to surrender his parental rights rather than have his girlfriend and the son move out of the home.