Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly determined, by clear and convincing evidence, that the appellant abandoned 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]; Matter of Julius P.,
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