In re the Adoption of Donald U.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schenectady County (Litz, J.), entered June 10, 1983, which, inter alia, determined that it is in the best interest of the child for the adoption proceeding commenced by petitioners to continue.

The child who is the subject of this proceeding was born out of wedlock on May 14, 1978. He remained with his mother until April 12,1979 when she voluntarily took him to petitioners, the prospective adoptive parents, to care for him. The natural father, who was in jail for a conviction of second degree assault, had requested that petitioners take care of the…