In re Jonna H.

—Crew III, J.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Schoharie County (Bartlett, III, J.), entered May 5, 1997, which dismissed petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7, for adoption of Jonna H.

Petitioner Eileen I. (hereinafter the mother) and respondent are the biological parents of Jonna H. (born in 1990). In February 1996, the mother and her current spouse, petitioner Dennis I. (hereinafter the stepfather), commenced this proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7 seeking approval for the stepfather to adopt the minor child. In…