In re Yvonne N.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Greene County (Pulver, Jr., J.), entered May 20, 2003, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate respondent’s child to be permanently neglected, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

Yvonne N. was placed in the custody of the Bronx County Department of Social Services shortly after her birth in September 2000, when she and her 15-year-old mother tested positive for illegal drugs. The mother ran away from foster care *770shortly thereafter and respondent—the father of the child—…