In re Danielle L.

—Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (Duggan, J.), entered September 29, 1998, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate Danielle L. an abandoned child.

Respondent, who is currently incarcerated, is the biological father of Danielle L. (born in 1984), who has been in petitioner’s custody since December 1995. Danielle’s mother voluntarily surrendered her parental rights following this placement and, in March 1998, petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking to terminate respondent’s parental rights upon…