In Re Adoption of Child by M.

140 N.J. Super. 91 (1976)

355 A.2d 211

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY M.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division (Matrimonial).

Decided February 26, 1976.

Mr. David M. Baer for plaintiff (Baer, Arbeiter, Doty and Pribish, attorneys).

Mr. Joseph R. Postizzi for defendant.

GRIFFIN, J.C.C. temporarily assigned.

This opinion involves an application by the paternal grandparents for visitation with their granddaughter. Adoption of the child by the second husband of the natural mother was denied. The court found that the natural father, the first husband, had not "forsaken his parental…