In re Melerina M.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Jefferson County *1506(Richard V Hunt, J.), entered April 18, 2013 in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b. The order, among other things, adjudged that respondent had abandoned the subject child and transferred guardianship and custody of the subject child to petitioner.

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

Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights on the ground of abandonment. The father contends that, because Family Court noted in its decision…