In re Taryn D.

*377Memorandum Opinion

Broderick, J.

The Hillsborough County Probate Court (Cloutier, J.) terminated the parental rights of a noncustodial parent who defaulted by failing to both file an appearance and attend a final hearing. We vacate and remand.

On January 30, 1995, the petitioner, the mother of minor children Taryn D. and William D., Jr., filed petitions to terminate the parental rights of the children’s father, William D., Sr., from whom she was divorced, on the grounds of abandonment pursuant to RSA 170-C:5, I (1994). Though properly served, William D., Sr., did not file an appearance in…