In re Clair

—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: In this adoption proceeding, the biological father of the child contends that Family Court erred in dispensing with his consent to the child’s adoption by the biological mother and her present husband on the ground of abandonment pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 111 (2) (a). We disagree. The proof establishes that the biological father evinced an intent to forego his parental rights and obligations by his failure for a period of six months to contact or communicate with the child or her mother although able to do so (see, Domestic…