In re Robert Z.

Order, Family Court, New York County (Jeffry Gallet, J.), entered April 3, 1992, which denied respondent father’s application for a stay of the adoption proceeding of the child, Robert Z., and granted petitioner’s application to adopt the child, is unanimously reversed, on the law and facts, and the matter is remanded for a hearing, without costs or disbursements.

Robert Z. was born on October 3, 1983 in Houston, Texas, out of wedlock. Respondent is listed as father on the birth certificate and the mother (in an affidavit) has admitted that respondent is the father. In 1984, custody of the…