In re Joseph S. Westchester County Department of Social Services

In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Westchester County (Dickerson, J.), entered October 11, 2001, which, after a hearing, terminated his parental rights on the ground of abandonment.

*589Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Supreme Court properly determined that there was clear and convincing proof of the appellant’s abandonment of his child during the six-month period prior to the filing of the petition on January 16, 2001 (see Social Services Law § 384-b [5]…