In re Jerome H.

—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Bruce Kaplan, J.), entered on or about November 4, 1994, terminating respondent’s parental rights and transferring guardianship and custody of the subject child to petitioner agency and the Commissioner of Social Services for the purposes of adoption, following a fact-finding determination that respondent had permanently neglected the child, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Testimony that petitioner agency maintained close and consistent communication with respondent, who was in a prison, by way of letters and telephone, continually…