Rose, J.
Respondent and Darbi U. (hereinafter the mother) are the biological parents of Anthony S. (born in 1994). Petitioner, who became the mother's husband in 1996, seeks to adopt the child. After a hearing, Family Court found that respondent had sufficiently explained his failure to visit the child during the six months preceding the filing of the petition, held that petitioner had failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that respondent had abandoned...
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