Ordered that the order of disposition is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Family Court properly determined that there was clear and convincing proof that the father abandoned the subject child during the six-month period before the filing of the petition, in view of the total absence of contact between the father and the child during that period ( see Social Services Law § 384-b [a], [b]; Matter of Jahmir Domevlo J., 8 AD3d 280, 280-281; Matter of Derrick J., 287 AD2d 503). Neither an order of protection nor the father's incarceration prevented him from otherwise contacting his child or the petitioner agency by telephone or by letter ( see Matter of Adonis Earl S., 14 AD3d 614, 615; Matter of Jahmir Domevlo J., 8 AD3d at 281; Matter of Orange County Dept. of Social Servs. [Diane A.], 203 AD2d 367). Moreover, the petitioner agency did not prevent or discourage contact between the father and the child ( see Matter of Derrick J., 287 AD2d at 503-504). Finally, the Family Court properly concluded that it was in the child's best interests to terminate the father's parental rights ( see Matter of Andrew R., 21 AD3d 378; Matter of Lamont Dale M., 11 AD3d 544).
The father's remaining contentions are without merit.