In re Crystal M.

*1313Memorandum: Family Court properly terminated respondent father’s parental rights on the ground of abandonment. Petitioner established that, in the six months immediately preceding the filing of the petition, the father failed to visit or communicate with his child, and we conclude that his sole contact with petitioner during the statutory period “was insubstantial and thus does not preclude the finding of abandonment” (Matter of William N., 17 AD3d 1158, 1159 [2005]; see Matter of Jasmine J., 43 AD3d 1444 [2007]; Matter of Timothy H., 37 AD3d 1119 [2007], lv denied 8 NY3d 813 [2007]). We thus…