In re Jocolyn Marie A.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Mary E. Bednar, J.), entered on or about January 15, 1992, terminating respondent’s parental rights upon a finding, following a fact-finding hearing, that respondent had abandoned Jocolyn Marie A., and awarding custody and guardianship to the Commissioner of Social Services and petitioner for purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent is the putative father of Jocolyn Marie A. The child’s mother is respondent’s stepdaughter, who was sixteen years old when the child was born. Due to the mother’s neglect, the child was placed in…