In Re Adoption of Child by NP and FP

165 N.J. Super. 591 (1979)

398 A.2d 937

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY N.P. AND F.P.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Probate Part, Union County.

January 12, 1979.

Ms. Edythe S. Lichtblau, attorney for plaintiffs.

COLEMAN, J.S.C.

This adoption matter presents some interesting questions of first impression, to wit: (1) Has a New Jersey couple who retains an attorney in a foreign country to secure a child in that foreign country for placement in their New Jersey home for adoption acted as an intermediary in violation of N.J.S.A. 9:3-39? (2) Does the payment of money to a…