Legal Opinion
In re Timothy AA.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 22, 2010Published
1Opinion of the CourtSpain, J.
Appeal from an order of the Surrogate’s Court of Saratoga County (Siebert, Jr., S.), entered October 5, 2009, which, upon reconsideration, dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 114 (4), to unseal adoption records.
In 1995 petitioner, an adult adoptee, sought and obtained certain nonidentifying information regarding his biological parents, including a limited health history for his biological mother, from the state Adoption Information Registry. Thereafter, in 2009, petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking access to his sealed adoption…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- In re WilsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
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