The court providently exercised its discretion in denying respondent's application for a dispositional hearing before terminating his parental rights, as such a hearing was not statutorily required following its finding of abandonment, conceded by respondent (Matter of Messiah C.T. [Eusebio C.T.], 180 A.D.3d 544, 545 [1st Dept 2020]; Matter of Michael Angelo D. [AbbyAnn D.],
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