In re Jamel B.

—In two related adoption proceedings pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 112, in which the petitioner seeks to adopt two children who have been residing in her home since March 4, 1994, the petitioner appeals from two orders of the Family Court, Queens County (Berman, J.), both dated February 6, 1998 (one in each proceeding), which, without a hearing, denied the petitions and dismissed the proceedings.

Ordered that the orders are reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matters are remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for a hearing on the petitions.

The Family…