Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of "E"
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided July 1, 1971PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
*40Pkoctok, J.
The county court denied plaintiffs’ application for a final decree of adoption. The court held that plaintiffs’ lack of belief in a Supreme Being rendered them unfit to be adoptive parents. The plaintiffs appealed to, the Appellate Division, and prior to argument there, we certified the case on our own motion. We reverse.
On June 27, 1969, the plaintiffs, John and Cynthia Burke, received custody of the baby girl “E” from the Children’s Aid and Adoption Society of New Jersey (Society).1 On May 23, 1970, the Burkes, having received the consent…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Moreno v. Juvenile OfficerMissouri Court of Appeals · 1983
- Doe v. GDNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976
- Ryslik v. KrassNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1995
- In Re Adoption of Child by IT and KTNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1978
- Brown v. SzakalNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1986
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