In re Joshua W.

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights on the ground of permanent neglect, the father appeals from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (Greenbaum, J.), dated February 24, 1999, which, upon his default in appearing at the fact-finding and dispositional hearings, terminated his parental rights and transferred custody and5 guardianship of the child to the Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services of the City of New York.

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed, without costs or disbprsements.

The Family Court’s…