Legal Opinion
Doe v. Department of Social Services
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1972PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph F. Hawkins, J.
The question posed is: Does a putative father have any legal status to question or oppose strangers adopting his child?
Petitioners, by writ of habeas corpus, seek to bar the respondent from placing the child for adoption and for a determination of the father’s rights in the premises if any. A temporary stay *667has been issued barring the respondent from so doing, pendente lite.
Petitioners include the infant’s “putative” or “natural father ” (so variously described by the parties), the paternal grandmother, and the great-grandmother, respectively, of the infant child, a girl now four and one-half…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Glona v. American Guarantee & Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- People Ex Rel. Meredith v. MeredithNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Dubuque v. ZaleskySupreme Court of Iowa · 1975
- In re the Adoption of E. W. C.New York Surrogate's Court · 1976
- La Croix v. DeyoNew York City Family Court · 1981
- In re OrzoNew York City Family Court · 1975
- Pierce v. YerkovichNew York City Family Court · 1974
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