In re Bistany

Crouch, J.:

This is a proceeding under article 7 of the Domestic Relations Law, as amended, for the adoption of a legitimate child without the consent of its parents, upon the ground that the parents have abandoned the child. Upon the petition and the answering affidavits, a hearing was had and oral evidence was given for and against the application.

It was adjudged that the child had been abandoned by her parents; that their consent to adoption was -unnecessary; that the moral and temporal interests of the child would be promoted by the adoption; and hence it was ordered that the adoption be…