Adoption of Tyrik

The biological father of Tyrik, a minor child bom out of wedlock, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. The father had sought a stay of a judgment entered in the Probate and Family Court dispensing with his consent to adoption while he pursues an appeal from that judgment. We affirm.

Background. Within days of Tyrik’s birth, the biological mother surrendered him to a private adoption agency, LDS Family Services (LDS), pursuant to G. L. c. 210, § 2. LDS transferred physical custody of Tyrik to a preadoptive family, where he…