In re the Adoption of Child A

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward W. McCarty III, S.

I. Introduction

The following constitutes the court’s decision and order concerning the issue of re-homing in the Nassau County Surrogate’s Court, reviewed during the Child A and Child C adoption related proceeding (45 Misc 3d 1017 [Sur Ct, Nassau County 2014]).

Parent father (hereinafter PF) and parent mother (hereinafter PM) reside in Nassau County, New York. They adopted the children, Child A and Child C, in Russia in 2008. Child A was born in 2000 and Child C was born in 2002. They seek a decree denying recognition of the Russian adoption order…