In re Sabina Jessica S.

In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate the father’s parental rights on the ground of abandonment, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Genchi, J.), dated February 17, 2005, which, after a fact-finding hearing, denied the petition and, in effect, dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, it is determined that the father abandoned the subject child, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Suffolk County for a dispositional hearing.

*858Contrary to…