Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Baby Boy C.
New York City Family Court
Decided August 24, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mary E. Bednar, J.
This decision addresses the applicability of the Indian Child Welfare Act (25 USC § 1901 et seq. [ICWA]) to the instant private adoption proceeding — an issue which has rarely been written on in New York .State. The subject child was born in Arizona on March 22, 2004, and the adoptive parents took almost immediate possession of him. The child has been living with the adoptive parents ever since.
On April 13, 2004 the child’s mother and father signed extrajudicial consents in Arizona to the adoption of the child by the adoptive parents. Attached to the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- In Re the Adoption of Baby Boy L.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1982
- Matter of Adoption of a Child of Indian HeritageSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- In Re Adoption of CrewsWashington Supreme Court · 1992
- Matter of Adoption of BaadeSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1990
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In re Baby Boy C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Matter of Baby Boy C.New York City Family Court · 2004