Legal Opinion
In re G. F. C.
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided March 21, 1983PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bernard M. Bloom, S.
In the course of the instant proceeding for adoption of a six-year-old boy in which the petitioners are his natural mother and her husband, a constitutional question is raised by the respondent, the natural father. Respondent is serving a sentence in a State correctional institution, a circumstance which, under section 111 (subd 2, par [d]) of the Domestic Relations Law, makes his consent to the proposed adoption of his son unnecessary as one whose civil rights are suspended pursuant to section 79 of the Civil Rights Law. As applied to him, he argues,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Quilloin v. WalcottSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Matter of Adoption of JWMNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
- W.J.M. v. J.B.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1995