Podmore v. Our Lady of Victory Infant Home
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Denman, J.
We are asked to decide whether petitioner’s infant daughter should be returned to her or remain with her adoptive parents. We hold that petitioner irrevocably surrendered her child for adoption and that she should remain with her adoptive parents.
At the age of 19 petitioner Karen Podmore gave birth to a female child out of wedlock on July 1, 1979 at Our Lady of Victory Infant Home (Home), the respondent herein. The petitioner had resided at the Home since January, 1979. When petitioner left the Home on July 6, 1979, she left her child in the care and custody of…
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