In re the Adoption of Goldman

Upon review of the record below, we do not agree that the facts adduced at the hearing before the Surrogate supported the conclusion that appellant abandoned her 14-year-old son, Drew Baron, thus obviating the necessity to obtain her consent to his adoption by the second wife of appellant’s former husband (Domestic Relations Law, § 111).

Thirteen years after marriage, appellant and her former husband were divorced, but the appellant continued to have custody of the three children of the marriage in accord with the provisions of a separation agreement which preceded the divorce and was…