Legal Opinion
Corey L v. Martin L
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 13, 1978PublishedCited by 153 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Cooke, J.
Despite recent changes in statutory law, there remains a heavy burden of constitutional magnitude on one who would *387terminate the rights of a natural parent through adoption. We hold that on this record that burden has not been satisfied.
This is an adoption proceeding in which petitioners, the natural mother and her second husband, assert that the respondent natural father has abandoned the child and hence that his consent is not required. Respondent vigorously contests the allegation and seeks to retain his parental relationship.
The male child, the only offspring…
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- Matter of BistanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
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