Respondent's consent to the child's adoption is not required, as he did not maintain "substantial and continuous or repeated contact" with the child (Domestic Relations Law § 111 [1] [d]). Although respondent testified that he had lived with the child and openly held himself out to be her father for two or three years preceding her placement in foster care, there is no evidence that he had lived with her for at least six months during the year immediately preceding...
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