Opinion
June 30, 1986
Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Palmer, J.).
Purported appeal from order dated February 2, 1984, dismissed, without costs or disbursements, for failure to file a notice of appeal.
Order dated December 1, 1983, affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The record in this case reveals considerable efforts by the petitioner to strengthen the parental relationship. Of the total of 32 appointments scheduled with the mother, she canceled 10 and failed to appear on 15 other occasions. Nine of the 32 appointments were home or workplace visits, on which occasions she failed to meet with the petitioner four times. Since November 1, 1980, she has had only two visits with her son, and thus has maintained only "trivial" contact (see, Family Ct Act § 614 [c]; Matter of Star Leslie W., 63 N.Y.2d 136; Matter of Sheila G., 61 N.Y.2d 368).
Furthermore, the mother has failed to appear at the numerous court proceedings concerning her son, including the subject hearing. In light of the unexcused, unexplained and persistent lack of cooperation by the mother, to the detriment of her child, the court did not err in proceeding in her absence. Mangano, J.P., Gibbons, Niehoff and Spatt, JJ., concur.