In re the Guardianship of Andrea M. T.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Ruth Jane Zuckerman, J.

On March 24, 1981, Wentworth Laughman T. (hereinafter respondent) filed a motion seeking to set aside this court’s order, dated December 26,1980, which, pursuant to section 384-b of the Social Services Law, terminated respondent’s parental rights on abandonment grounds and committed the guardianship and custody of his daughter, Andrea T., to the Cardinal McCloskey School and Home (hereinafter petitioner) and the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York.1 The notice of motion and affidavit submitted by respondent’s attorney were…