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16178. IN RE ISAAC A. F., ETC., A DEPENDENT CHILD UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, ETC., CRYSTAL F., a/k/a CRYSTAL A.F., res-ap, GRAHAM-WINDHAM SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, pet-res — Dora M. Lassinger, East Rockaway, for ap — Carrieri & Carrieri, P.C., Mineola (Ralph R. Carrieri of counsel), for res — TAMARA A. STECKLER, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, NEW YORK (JOHN A. NEWBERY OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Monica Drinane, J.), entered on or about April 8, 2014, which, upon a fact-finding of permanent neglect, terminated respondent mother’s parental rights and committed the custody and guardianship of the subject child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed with respect to the fact-finding, and the appeal therefrom otherwise dismissed, without costs, as taken from a nonappealable portion of the order.

The finding of permanent neglect is supported by clear and convincing evidence that the agency made diligent efforts to strengthen the parental relationship by, among other things, scheduling visitation and providing the mother with referrals for services, and that, despite those efforts, the mother failed to plan for the child’s future during the relevant time period (see Social Services Law §384-b[7][a]). Although the mother completed programs in parenting skills and anger management, she behaved disruptively and violently during scheduled visits, and she failed to complete a therapy program, obtain suitable housing, gain insight into the obstacles preventing the return of the child, or benefit from the programs she attended (Matter of Isaiah Jaysean J. [Cierra Tassandra J.], 128 AD3d 438, 438-439 [1st Dept 2015], lv denied 25 NY3d 911 [2015]). Family Court properly relied on past findings of neglect and properly drew a negative inference from the mother’s failure to testify at the fact-finding hearing or to present evidence to rebut the agency’s case (see Matter of Alexis C. [Jacqueline A.], 99 AD3d 542, 542-543 [1st Dept 2012], lv denied 20 NY3d 856 [2013]; see also Matter of Deime Zechariah Luke M. [Sharon Tiffany M.], 112 AD3d 535, 536 [1st Dept 2013], lv denied 22 NY3d 863 [2014]).

 
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