Legal Opinion

In re Baby Girl P.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire

Decided June 21, 2002No. 2001-729PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDuggan, J.

Jeffrey and Melinda S., the prospective adoptive parents of Baby Girl P., appeal the decision of the Merrimack County Probate Court {Hampe, J.) dismissing their petition for adoption and returning the child to her biological father, Colton L. We reverse.

The record supports the following facts. Baby Girl P. was born in November 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona. Her natural parents were not married and the birth certificate issued on the date of the child’s birth is blank as to the name of the father. When the baby was ten days old, her birth mother signed a consent to adoption and, pursuant to Arizona…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Keenan v. FearonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1988
  2. Petition of HoytSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1999
  3. In re Sky D.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1994
  4. In re Micah HH.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1999
  5. Matter of Pima Cty. Juv. Severance ActionArizona Supreme Court · 1994

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. In re WatterworthSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
  2. Porter v. Town of SanborntonSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
  3. Matter of GendronSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2008
  4. In re BreaultSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
  5. Hooksett Conservation Commission v. Hooksett Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003

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