In re the Adoption of Jarrett.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Amended order unanimously reversed on the *1030law without costs, petition reinstated and matter remitted to Niagara County Family Court for further proceedings in accorr dance with the following Memorandum: Family Court erred in dismissing the adoption petition and restoring custody of the child to the birth parents. The court found that the extrajudicial consent of respondent birth mother to the adoption was not knowing, voluntary, and intelligent because she had inadequate legal representation; that, in the exercise of the court’s discretion, the petition should be dismissed based upon…
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