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MATTER OF LEAKE WATTS SERVICES

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Jun 28, 1999
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DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the orders of disposition are affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The evidence in the record does not demonstrate that it is in the best interests of the children to be released to the custody of the mother. Despite the mother's recent entry into a drug rehabilitation program, her failure to complete such a program in the past despite many referrals by case workers, her failure to provide suitable housing, and her failure to maintain consistent visitation support the orders of disposition terminating her parental rights ( see, Social Services Law ยง 384-b[a]; Matter of Orange County Dept. of Social Servs. [Jeremy Myles P.] v. Joann P., 195 A.D.2d 512; Matter of Victoria B., 185 A.D.2d 811). Moreover, the testimony adduced at the fact-finding hearing demonstrated the strong bonding between the children and the foster parents, with whom the children have lived with for six years in the company of their other two older siblings ( see, Matter of Nathaniel T., 67 N.Y.2d 838; Matter of St. Vincent's Servs. [Joseph Bernard H.] v. Jean H., 211 A.D.2d 799).

The mother's remaining contention is without merit.