In re Elijah M.A.

In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights, inter alia, on the ground of permanent neglect, the petitioner appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Turbow, J.), dated September 10, 2012, as, after a fact-finding hearing, dismissed the petition insofar as asserted as against the father.

*709Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

The Family Court properly dismissed the petition insofar as asserted against the father because the petitioner failed to…