Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Grament v. Free Synagogue Child Adoption Committee
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 14, 1949PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotein, J.
On March 9, 1948, the relator and her since-divorced husband turned over their infant son of nine months to the defendant, an authorized child adoption agency as defined by subdivision 10 of section 371 of the Social Welfare Law. At that time, each parent signed an “ unconditional ” surrender agreement. There was also available, for irresolute parents, an agency procedure whereunder the child could have been surrendered conditionally — so that at any time during a specified period of *334either thirty or sixty days the child would have been returned to its parents upon the mere request.
On March…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Finlay v. FinlayNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- People Ex Rel. Pruyne v. . WaltsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People ex rel. Harris v. Commissioner of WelfareNew York Supreme Court · 1947
- In re MeyerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1913
- People ex rel. Hydock v. GreenbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People ex rel. Scarpetta v. Spence-Chapin Adoption ServiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Wheeler v. ShoemakeMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Natural Parents of their Child "Nicky" v. DumpsonNew York Surrogate's Court · 1975
- People ex rel. Anonymous v. New York Foundling HospitalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1962
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