Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York April 9, 2001 (In re Ronald D.)

—In a proceeding pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b to terminate parental rights, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Orange County (McGuirk, J.), entered March 24, 1999, which, after a fact-finding hearing, terminated his parental rights on the ground of abandonment.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.