Legal Opinion
Taylor O.P. v. Chad J.P.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided March 21, 2003PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal from an order of Family Court, Jefferson County (Hunt, J.), entered February 26, 2002, which dispensed with the consent of respondent to the adoption of his son.
It is hereby ordered that the order so appealed from be and the same hereby is unanimously affirmed without costs.
Memorandum: Family Court properly dispensed with the consent of respondent to the adoption of his son pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 111 (2) (a). The evidence established that respondent failed for a period of six months to maintain contact with the child, although able to do so, thereby evincing an intent to…
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