Legal Opinion

In re Carmen Lydia S.

New York Surrogate's Court

Decided January 22, 1981PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Bertram R. Gelfand, S.

This is an application for the private placement adoption of an eight-year-old infant by her maternal grandparents. Petitioners contend that based upon the lack of relationship and contact of the putative father with the child his consent to the application is not required, nor is he a person entitled to notice of the adoption pursuant to section 111-a of the Domestic Relations Law. Petitioners rely on the recently enacted amendments to subdivision 1 of section 111 of the Domestic Relations Law as the basis for determining that the consent of the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Caban v. MohammedSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
Defiance Milk Products Co. v. Du MondNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
In re the Adoption of Malpica-OrsiniNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
Hotel Dorset Co. v. Trust for Cultural ResourcesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
Cook v. City of BinghamtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1979

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3Cited by1 opinion

In re the Adoption of Christopher L.New York Surrogate's Court · 1982