In re John F.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Ontario County (Craig J. Doran, J.), entered January 5, 2016 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, among other things, adjudged that respondent had abandoned the subject children.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from is unanimously reversed on the law without costs and the petition is dismissed.

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order *1582terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment. We agree with the father that petitioner failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that he…