In re Braidyn NN.

Respondent is the father of the subject child (born in 2005). With respondent’s knowledge, the child’s mother voluntarily placed the child in petitioner’s care and custody when the child was two years old. The mother conditionally surrendered her parental rights to the child thereafter. During the relevant time frame, respondent visited the child only sporadically.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking to terminate respondent’s parental rights on the ground of abandonment, alleging that respondent failed to visit or communicate with the child for the six months immediately prior to the…