In re Shannel Marie M.

—Order of disposition, Family Court, New York County (Bruce Kaplan, J.), entered July 18, 1991, permanently terminating respondent’s parental rights to the subject child upon a finding of abandonment, and committing custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner agency and to the Commissioner of Social Services for the purposes of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court did not abuse its discretion in commencing the fact-finding hearing in respondent’s absence given that there was no way of knowing when or even if respondent would *56appear. Respondent did arrive just as his…