Legal Opinion
In re Baby Doe
New York City Family Court
Decided June 16, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Nora Freeman, J.
Petitioners Mr. and Mrs. Smith1 filed a custody petition for Baby Doe on April 26, 2004. (Although only Mrs. Smith signed the petition, it was amended in open court on April 28, 2004 to add her husband as copetitioner.) Named as respondents are John and Jane Doe, the unidentified birth parents, and the Commissioner of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). ACS has had temporary custody of Baby Doe since March 1st when a neglect petition was filed against the parents, alleging that Baby Doe, then about two days old, had been found abandoned in a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Humphrey v. HumphreyNew York City Family Court · 1980
- Anonymous v. OlsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- In re Jessica F.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- In re Dalida P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of Baby DoeNew York Family Court, Kings County · 2004
- Matter of Cornell S.J. v. Altemease R.J.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2018