In re the Adoption of Bush

A petition of the natural mother and the stepfather of a minor child of the age of 13 years, in which an adoption is sought, has been presented to this court.

The child’s natural father was divorced because of his adultery. The divorce decree, granted at a Special Term of the Supreme Court, and entered in the Jefferson County Clerk’s office on January 13, 1954, awarded custody of the child to his natural mother, with rights of visitation once each month to the natural father, and provided for support of said child.

Notice was served upon the divorced father of an application for an order of…