Michael B.T. v. Laurie T.

In related proceedings for visitation pursuant to Family Court Act article 6 and for adoption pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Blass, J.), entered May 14, 2004, which, after a hearing, granted the application of the mother and stepfather to dispense with the necessity of the father’s consent to the adoption and dismissed his petition for visitation.

Ordered that on the court’s own motion, so much of the notice of appeal as purports to appeal as of right from that portion of the order which, after a hearing,…