Opinion
No. CAF 08-01304.
June 5, 2009.
Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Oswego County (David J. Roman, J.), entered May 16, 2008 in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 10. The order, insofar as appealed from, revoked a suspended judgment and terminated the parental rights of respondent Christopher J. with respect to two of his children.
JOHN M. MURPHY, JR., PHOENIX, FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.
CARACCIOLI NELSON, PLLC, MEXICO (KATHRYN G. WOLFE OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONER-RESPONDENT.
Present: Centra, J.P., Peradotto, Green, Pine and Gorski, JJ.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order revoking a suspended judgment and terminating his parental rights with respect to two of his children. Contrary to the contention of the father, Family Court properly determined by a preponderance of the evidence that he violated several of the terms of the suspended judgment and that terminating his parental rights was in the best interests of the children ( see Matter of Christopher J., 60 AD3d 1402; Matter of Ronald O., 43 AD3d 1351; Matter of Aaron S., 15 AD3d 585, 586). The father "did not ask the court to consider posttermination contact with the children in question or to conduct a hearing on that issue, and we conclude in any event that [he] `failed to establish that such contact would be in the best interests of the children'" ( Christopher J., 60 AD3d at 1403). We have considered the father's remaining contentions and conclude that they are without merit.