Pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-b (5) (a), a finding of abandonment is required if, in the six-month period preceding the filing of the guardianship proceeding, the "parent evinces an intent to forgo his or her parental rights and obligations as manifested by his or her failure to visit the child and communicate with the child or agency, although able to do so and not prevented or discouraged from doing so by the agency. In the absence of evidence to the contrary...
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