Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Based on testimony that the appellant visited the child once and had no further contact with her from February 7, 1996, until the petition was filed on August 6, 1996, the Family Court found that the child was permanently neglected and abandoned. While we disagree with the finding that the child was permanently neglected (see, Matter of Sheila G.,
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