In re the Adoption of Jarrett
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Boehm, J.
This matter is again before us after remittal to Family Court for a best interests hearing (Matter of Jarrett, 224 AD2d 1029, Iv dismissed 88 NY2d 960) and the completion of that hearing. At issue is the adoption of a child, Jarrett, who was born to the birth mother in Pennsylvania on April 6, 1995. Jarrett was placed in the custody of the adoptive parents by the birth mother the day after he was born and he has lived with them since then.
On the prior appeal we determined that the birth mother’s consent to the adoption was valid and that the birth father had made…
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