Joseph LL. v. Cynthia KK.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*264OPINION OF THE COURT
Casey, J.
We find no constitutional infirmity in the provisions of section 111 (subd 2, par [d]) of the Domestic Relations Law and subdivision 1 of section 79 of the Civil Rights Law,* which combine to eliminate the need for the consent of a natural parent to the adoption of his or her child where the natural parent has received a sentence of imprisonment in a State correctional facility for any term less than for life.
Joseph LL., Sr., is the natural father of a child born in November, 1977, approximately one month after the natural parents were married. The natural parents…
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