In re Amber F.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Broome County (Hester, Jr., J.), entered October 13, 1998, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate respondent’s child an abandoned child, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

Respondent is the father of Amber F., born in 1988, who has been in the custody of petitioner and in foster care since 1995. Following respondent’s failure to maintain regular supervised *789visitation with the child, petitioner commenced a proceeding in May 1998 seeking to terminate respondent’s parental…