In re Joseph A.

—In an adoption proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 112, in which the petitioners seek to adopt the subject children, who have been residing in the petitioners’ home since April 2, 1988, and December 15, 1989, respectively, the petitioners appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Berman, J.), dated March 25, 1998, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for a hearing on the petition; and it is further,

Ordered…