Matter of Clifford W.C. (Clifford C.)

Order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper), Family Court, New York County (Clark V. Richardson, J.), entered on or about October 22, 2015, insofar as it determined, after a hearing, that respondent father had abandoned the subject child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The father’s abandonment of the child was established by clear and convincing evidence that the father failed to maintain contact with the child or with petitioner agency for at least the six-month period prior to the filing of the petition, although he was able to do so and was not discouraged from doing so by the…