In re Raymond W.

—Order, Family Court, Bronx County (Marjory Fields, J.), entered on or about March 31, 1997, insofar as appealed from, terminating respondent’s parental rights to the subject child upon a finding of mental illness, and committing the child’s custody and guardianship to petitioners’ agency and Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The finding of mental illness is supported by clear and convincing evidence, namely, the testimony of the court-appointed psychiatrist that respondent suffers from a debilitating…