In re the Adoption of Kate M.K.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County (David G. Klim, J.), entered December 13, 2004 in an adoption proceeding. The order found that respondent had abandoned the child and permitted petitioners to file a petition for adoption.

It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum: Family Court properly dispensed with the consent of respondent to the adoption of his child on the ground of abandonment (see Domestic Relations Law § 111 [2] [a]; [6] [a], [b]; Matter of Julia P., 306 AD2d 937 [2003]; Matter…