In re Adams H.

Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Susan Larabee, J.), entered on or about May 18, 2004, which terminated respondent father’s parental rights upon a finding of abandonment and awarded custody and guardianship of the child to the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York and petitioner Seamen’s Society for Children and Families for the purpose of adoption, unanimously reversed, on the law, without costs, and the petition dismissed.

We disagree with the court’s finding, made at the close of the fact-finding hearing, that petitioner proved by clear and convincing…