IN RE GINA MARITZA S., AND OTHERS, DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDERTHE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., LISA S., a/k/a LISA V., res-ap, EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES, pet-res

12247-12247A-12247B-12247C-12247D. IN RE GINA MARITZA S., AND OTHERS, DEPENDENT CHILDREN UNDERTHE AGE OF EIGHTEEN YEARS, ETC., LISA S., a/k/a LISA V., res-ap, EPISCOPAL SOCIAL SERVICES, pet-res — Larry S. Bachner, Jamaica, for ap — Rosin Steinhagen Mendel, New York (Douglas H. Reiniger of counsel), for res — RICHARD L. HERZFELD, P.C., NEW YORK (RICHARD L. HERZFELD OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN GINA MARITZA S., BRIANNA J.B. AND CASSANDRA AALIYA J.B. DANIEL R. KATZ, NEW YORK, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILDREN JENNIFER ELIZABETH W. AND VINCENT TAYLOR W.—Orders of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Clark V. Richardson, J.), entered on or about February 22, 2013, which, to the extent appealed from as limited by the briefs, after a hearing, determined that respondent-appellant mother had permanently neglected the subject children, terminated her parental rights to the children, and committed custody and guardianship of the children to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of the Administration for Childrens Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

There was clear and convincing evidence that the agency exerted diligent efforts to reunite the mother with the children by creating a service plan for the mother, referring her to domestic violence counseling and a program for sex abusers, scheduling numerous service plan reviews, and scheduling supervised and unsupervised visitation with the children (see Social Services Law §384-b[7] [a], [f]). Despite these efforts, the mother failed to address the problems that led to the children’s placement into foster care, including the ongoing sexual abuse of the children.