In re Stella B.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Minna R. Buck, J.

Respondent father, through his counsel, moved to dismiss the petition filed on August 22, 1985 seeking to terminate his parental rights on the grounds of abandonment of the above-mentioned child, born March 2, 1982. The petition alleged, inter alia, that respondent father failed to visit or contact the child or the Onondaga County Department of Social Services (hereinafter DSS), with whom the child has been placed since birth, for a period of six months prior to the filing of the petition and that respondent father was able to communicate and visit with…