It is hereby ordered that said appeal is unanimously dismissed without costs.
Memorandum: Respondent father appeals from an order terminating his parental rights and freeing his child for adoption. The father failed to appear at the dispositional hearing and his attorney, although present, elected not to participate in the father's absence. Under those circumstances, we conclude that the father's refusal to appear constituted a default, and we therefore dismiss the...
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