Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Doe
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 26, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kristin Booth Glen, J.
ERJ, respondent in a proceeding to vacate her adoption of John Doe, a four-year-old Cambodian orphan, has moved to close the courtroom during a hearing on foreign law.1 LMB, movant in the underlying proceeding, opposes the motion.2
The focus of the hearing is narrow: do the essentially identical “Adoption Permission Certificates” issued by the Cambodian government to LMB on June 23, 2004, and to ERJ on October 11, 2005, constitute a completed adoption, as ERJ claimed in her petition for the readoption of John Doe,3 or merely a permission to adopt in a…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re the Adoption of Child ANew York Surrogate's Court · 2014
- In re the Adoption of a Child Whose First Name is ChanNew York Surrogate's Court · 2012
- In re the Adoption of DoeNew York Surrogate's Court · 2007