In re Adoption of Tretin

Petitioners Emanuel and Ruth Tretin, ages 57 and 63 respectively, seek to adopt a 9-month-old child. The adoption was arranged privately and the infant has been *426living with petitioners since a few days after her birth. Consents to the adoption were signed by the 15-year-old natural mother and by her mother. The record establishes that the natural mother and grandmother were told of petitioners’ background prior to signing consents and although given the opportunity, they declined to meet with petitioners.

The proceeding herein was initiated upon petitioners’ application for approval of the…