Legal Opinion

Matter of Adoption of Children by Gpb, Jr.

Supreme Court of New Jersey

Decided August 3, 1999Published

1Opinion of the Court

736 A.2d 1277 (1999)

161 N.J. 396

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF CHILDREN BY G.P.B., JR.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Argued November 9, 1998.

Decided August 3, 1999.

Richard A. Russell, Ocean City, for appellant, G.P.B., Jr.

David A. Stefankiewicz, Wildwood Crest, for respondent, M.M.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, J.

This appeal concerns the standards for terminating the parental rights of a biological parent in an adoption proceeding. In this appeal, the stepfather of two minor children seeks to terminate the parental rights of the biological father and to adopt the children.…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  2. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. Parham v. J. R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979

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