In re Sara HH.

—Yesawich Jr., J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Greene County (Lalor, J.), entered November 19, 1998, which (1) granted petitioner’s applications, in two proceedings pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7, finding that respondent had abandoned his children so that his consent to their adoption was not required, and (2) dismissed respondent’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, for a modification of a previous order of visitation.

Petitioner and respondent were married in 1988 and are the parents of two children, a daughter (born in 1988) and…