Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly determined that there was clear and convincing proof of the appellant's abandonment of his child during the six-month period prior to the filing of the petition, in view of the total absence of contact between the appellant and the child during that period (see Social Services Law § 384-b [5] [a], [b]; Matter of Derrick J.,
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