In re Ian S.

Petitioners argue on appeal that the evidence supports a finding that respondent had abandoned the child (see, Domestic Relations Law § 111 [1] [d] and that the court erred in refusing to sanction the adoption without his consent. Ian was born on March 16,1980, when the mother was 15 and the father 17. The father was present in the hospital at the time of birth and attended the child’s baptism. With the consent of both the mother and father, the maternal grandparents (with whom the mother lived) agreed to care for the child. The father saw the mother and child at least once a week until…