Legal Opinion

In re Norman Christian K.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided March 24, 2009PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Resettled order, Family Court, Bronx County (Gayle P. Roberts, J.), entered on or about September 21, 2007, which, to the extent appealed from, determined, after a hearing, that respondent father was not a person whose consent to his child’s adoption was required, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

Respondent’s consent to the adoption of his child was not required since he did not maintain “substantial and continuous or repeated contact with the child” (Domestic Relations Law § 111 [1] [d]). The record shows that respondent failed to provide financial support according to his means while the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Lehr v. RobertsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. In re Margaret Jeanette P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2006

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In re Isis S.C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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