Mercure, J.P.
In 2002, petitioner removed the subject child (born in 2000) from her mother's custody and placed the child in foster care after the mother admitted smoking crack cocaine in the presence of the child, and then was arrested and incarcerated. Respondent, the child's father, was also incarcerated at that time and remained so until December 2006. Notwithstanding his incarceration, it is undisputed that respondent maintained contact
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