Catlin v. Sobol

Dell Catlin was born with Down’s Syndrome in New York City 17 years ago. Three weeks after his birth, his parents placed him in Samuel and Elizabeth Conde’s “family home at board”. He has lived with them in the same home in Edmeston, New York, and has always referred to the Condes as his “Mama” and “Dad”. The record recites his total and personal integration and involvement in Edmeston, the only home he has ever known or considered to be his residence. He has never resided with or even visited his natural parents in their home in Bedford, New York, or now in Massachusetts, though they have…