In re Kira OO.

*934Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Chemung County (Hayden, J.), entered October 18, 2006, which, among other things, granted petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7, to determine that the consent of respondent Nina 00. was not required for the adoption of her child.

Kane, J.

In 1999, respondent Nina 00. (hereinafter the mother), at the age of 15, gave birth to a child. The mother shared joint custody with the maternal grandmother until the child was two years old. Custody was later transferred to the mother and her sister, petitioner…