Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of a Child by F.O.
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Decided October 8, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNTER, J.S.C.
This is a contested adoption case that requires the court to determine whether a biological father’s parental rights should be terminated in order to permit the foster parents to adopt the child, where the natural father was incarcerated for virtually the entire first 10 years of the child’s life and has made very little effort since his release to perform his statutorily required parental duties.
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The child, M.Z., was born in Miami, Florida on September 7, 1984 to the father, A.Z., and the mother, S.Z. Although the parents used the same surname, they were not legally married at…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. A.W.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
- In Re the Guardianship of J.C.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1992
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3Cited by4 opinions
- In re the Guardianship of K.H.O.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998
- In re the Adoption of a Child by P.F.R.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998
- In re the Guardianship of DMH, CLHW, LFH, & RQHNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998
- In re the Adoption of Children by G.P.B.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998