Legal Opinion
In re Francesca M.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided September 16, 1986Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bertram R. Gelfand, J.
In this private placement adoption proceeding, petitioners, the maternal aunt and her husband, seek the adoption of a three-year-old nonmarital child who is an Italian national, born in Bari, Italy, on March 28, 1983. Attached to the petition is a purported affidavit in English executed in Italy by *153the natural mother in which she consents to this application and states that she does so by reason of her mental infirmity making her unable to raise the infant. There are also submitted documents which indicate that this infant was the subject of…
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