Legal Opinion

Bruemmer v. Suffolk County Department of Social Services

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided May 23, 2006PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*904In a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 6, the petitioner appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Lehman, J.), entered September 20, 2005, which granted the respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The Family Court properly granted the motion to dismiss the appellant’s petition seeking visitation with the subject children. The appellant failed to show fraud, duress, or coercion in connection with her execution of the surrender of the subject children for adoption so as to impair the legal validity of her consent…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In re the Commissioner of Social Services of Suffolk CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
  2. In re Sabrina H.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Matter of Jason F.A. (Francisco A.)Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2017

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