Solly M. v. Audrey S.

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Bernice D. Siegal, J.

Motion by defendant for an order declaring that plaintiff Solly M.’s judicial consent to the adoption of the minor child the subject of a stepparent adoption proceeding in the Surrogate’s Court, Bronx County, dated March 15, 2000 (the judicial consent), terminated Solly M.’s parental rights regarding the minor child.

The issue before this court is whether the provision in a judicial consent by a birth parent for the private placement adoption of a child, which provided that “the consent becomes irrevocable when executed,” is equivalent to an adoption…