Matter of Stella B

In Matter of Stella B. (130 Misc 2d 148 [Fam Ct, Onondaga County]) the respondent claimed he was prohibited from communicating with the agency and child because he was illiterate. The court disagreed. "While he may have been prevented by his illiteracy from writing to the child, it is not self-evident that this condition precluded all other forms of communication with the child, even under the constraints imposed by his incarceration ... " (Matter of Stella B., supra at 149).