In re Thomas M.

Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Stewart Weinstein, J.), entered on or about August 13, 1996, which, to the extent appealed from, upon a fact-finding determination that the subject child had been permanently neglected, terminated respondent mother’s parental rights to the child and transferred custody and guardianship of the child to the Commissioner of Social Services for the purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The record on appeal establishes clearly and convincingly that following an initial finding that respondent mother had, by reason of drug abuse,…