In re Alliyah C.

Clear and convincing evidence established that respondent father failed to visit or communicate with the children for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition, which gave rise to a presumption of abandonment (see Matter of Jasiaia Lew R. [Aylyn R.], 101 AD3d 568 [1st Dept 2012]). Eetitioner agency provided credible evidence that during the relevant time period, respondent father never visited the children at the agency, and never contacted the agency concerning the children. Rather, the evidence showed that the father failed to respond to the agency’s attempts to…