In re Mekhi Kahalil G.

The petitioner Children’s Aid Society (hereinafter the petitioner) established by clear and convincing evidence that the father abandoned the subject children by failing to visit or communicate with them or the petitioning agency during the six-month period immediately prior to the date on which the petition was filed (see Social Services Law § 384-b [4] [b]; [5] [a]; Matter of Donna E.J. [Fatima J.], 96 AD3d 746 [2012]; Matter of Sabina Jessica S., 32 AD3d 857, 858 [2006]; Matter of Jeremiah Kwimea T., 10 AD3d 691, 692 [2004]). To the extent that the Family Court did not find credible the…