In re Pierre

In a proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law §§ 115 and 115-d to certify the petitioners as qualified adoptive parents, the petitioners appeal from an order of the Family Court, Rockland County (Garvey, J.), dated December 22, 2003, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding, without a hearing.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Rockland County, for further proceedings consistent herewith.

The subject child was born in Haiti on October 23, 1992, and…