In re Jose Q.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Rensselaer County (Griffin, J.), entered January 7, 2008, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate respondent’s child to be permanently neglected, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

Respondent is the biological father of Jose Q. (born in 1998). He resided with the child from the child’s birth until January 2002, when respondent was incarcerated. In September 2002, the child’s mother placed the child in petitioner’s custody under a voluntary placement agreement ánd, in…