Opinion
April 6, 1998
Appeal from the Family Court, Kings County (Rivera, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.
There is ample support in the record for the Family Court's determination that the mother abandoned her infant child by failing to contact the child or the child care agency for the six-month period immediately preceeding the filing of the petition, although able to do so (Social Services Law § 384-b; Matter of Crystal C., 219 A.D.2d 601, 602; Matter of Desmond Sinclair G., 202 A.D.2d 156). The agency did not discourage or prevent the mother from visiting with the child during this time period, but rather endeavored to contact the mother at various addresses in an effort to facilitate her visitation with the child and her enrollment in a drug rehabilitation program. Furthermore, the record supports the Family Court's finding that termination of the mother's parental rights to allow for adoption by the foster parents was in the best interest of the child ( see, Matter of Todd Anthony C., 220 A.D.2d 206; Matter of Crystal C., supra; Matter of Latesha Nichole M., 219 A.D.2d 521, 522; Matter of Charles Clarence C., 213 A.D.2d 294; Matter of Desmond Sinclair G., supra).
O'Brien, J.P., Joy, Altman and Luciano, JJ., concur.