Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York August 3, 2000 (In re Arianna SS.)

—Peters, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Albany County (Maney, J.), entered July 9, 1999, which, inter alia, granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b, to adjudicate Arianna SS. an abandoned child, and terminated respondent’s parental rights.

Respondent is the putative father of Arianna SS.