Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs and petition dismissed.
Memorandum:
The record establishes, as found by Family Court, that while respondent was incarcerated he reasonably planned for the future of his children. Family Court thus erred in concluding that respondent permanently neglected his children (see, Social Services Law § 384-b [7]; see generally, Matter of Gregory B.,
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