St. Christopher-Ottillie v. Troy Donnell M.

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, the putative father appeals from an order of disposition of the Family Court, Kings County (Lubow, J.),. dated September 8, 1993, which, upon a determination made after a fact-finding hearing that he had abandoned the child, and after a dispositional hearing, terminated his parental rights on the ground of abandonment.

Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The petitioner established by clear and convincing evidence that the appellant failed to contact the child for the six-month period…