Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Y.
New York City Family Court
Decided October 28, 2011Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Carol R. Sherman, J.
In this adoption proceeding pursuant to article 7 of the Domestic Relations Law, authorized child care agency Leake and Watts Services, Inc. (Agency), by motion filed June 30, 2011, moves the court to dismiss the private-placement adoption petition filed by Carmen A., pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 115 (see Family Ct Act § 115 [c]; §§ 641, 642). Petitioner Carmen A. is the maternal aunt of the subject child Y, a foster child legally freed for adoption, who is in the lawful care and custody of the Agency and the Administration for Children’s…
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