Legal Opinion
T.C. v. R.C.
New York Family Court
Decided January 24, 2003PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rachel A. Adams, J.
The issue before this court is whether the biological mother of a child has standing to seek an order of custody of her child after her parental rights have been terminated and after the child has been adopted by his kinship foster mother.
The petitioner, T.C., is the natural mother of J.C., born on March 5, 1987. J.C. resided with his mother, who was 14 at the time, and his great grandmother until he was approximately two years old. T.C. had serious substance abuse problems. According to court records the child was placed with *418the Commissioner of Social…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Santosky v. RoachAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1990
- In re Adam S.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Tiffany A. v. Margaret H.New York City Family Court · 1996
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