IN RE DANTE ALEXANDER W., A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE PURSUANT TO §384-B OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NORMAN W., res-ap, LEAKE & WATTS SERVICES, INC. pet-res

3393. IN RE DANTE ALEXANDER W., A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE PURSUANT TO §384-B OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NORMAN W., res-ap, LEAKE & WATTS SERVICES, INC. pet-res — Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for ap — Rosin Steinhagen Mendel, New York (Douglas H. Reiniger of counsel), for res — TAMARA A. STECKLER, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, NEW YORK (AMY HAUSKNECHT OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper), Family Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Passidomo, J), entered on or about August 4, 2015, which, after a hearing, determined that respondent father abandoned and permanently neglected the subject child, and terminated his parental rights and committed custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner and the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York the for purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

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3393. IN RE DANTE ALEXANDER W., A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE PURSUANT TO §384-B OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NORMAN W., res-ap, LEAKE & WATTS SERVICES, INC. pet-res — Law Offices of Randall S. Carmel, Syosset (Randall S. Carmel of counsel), for ap — Rosin Steinhagen Mendel, New York (Douglas H. Reiniger of counsel), for res — TAMARA A. STECKLER, THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY, NEW YORK (AMY HAUSKNECHT OF COUNSEL), ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.—Order of fact-finding and disposition (one paper), Family Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Passidomo, J), entered on or about August 4, 2015, which, after a hearing, determined that respondent father abandoned and permanently neglected the subject child, and terminated his parental rights and committed custody and guardianship of the child to petitioner and the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York the for purpose of adoption, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The agency established by clear and convincing evidence that respondent abandoned the child by failing to communicate with the child or the agency during the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the petition (see Matter of Harold Ali D.-E. [Rubin Louis E.], 94 AD3d 449, 449-450 [1st Dept 2012]). The Family Court’s credibility determinations should not be disturbed as they have a sound and substantial basis in the record (see Matter of Shatavia Jeffeysha J. [Jeffrey J.], 100 AD3d 501 [1st Dept 2012]).

IN RE DANTE ALEXANDER W., A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE PURSUANT TO §384-B OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NORMAN W., res-ap, LEAKE & WATTS SERVICES, INC. pet-res

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