Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Jack
New York City Family Court
Decided November 5, 2007PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*398OPINION OF THE COURT
Joan S. Kohout, J.
On August 1, 2007 the petitioners David B. and Melissa B. filed a petition for the adoption of a child, Jack R, born in January 2007. Filed with the petition are original extrajudicial surrenders of Jack executed by his birth parents. Each of these surrenders was executed in January 2007, three days after Jack’s birth. Also submitted with the petition is an affidavit of financial disclosure.
The court has examined each of the surrenders and declines to accept them because they fail to comply in material respects with Social Services Law § 384, do not…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Matter of JacobNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Borkowski v. BorkowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- In re the Adoption of Robert Paul P.New York Court of Appeals · 1984
- In re Bobbijean P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007
3Cited by1 opinion
- Matter of JackNew York Family Court, Monroe County · 2007