In re Lakeside Family & Children's Services

In a proceeding to terminate parental rights pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, the father appeals from so much of an order of disposition of the Family Court (Rivera, J.), dated March 8, 1996, which, after a fact-finding hearing, terminated his parental rights on the ground of abandonment.

*537Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The Family Court properly terminated the father’s parental rights as the petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that the father failed to visit or communicate with the child or the petitioning agency during the…