In re Omar

—In two related adoption “proceedings pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 112, in which the petitioners seek to adopt two children who have been residing in their home since November 26, 1990, the petitioners appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Pearce, J.), dated July 9, 1999, which, without a hearing, denied the petitions and dismissed the proceedings.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petitions are reinstated, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for a hearing on the petitions before a different…