Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Amy SS
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 5, 1985PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*790OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, and the motion to dispense with the respondent’s consent to the adoption of Amy SS should be granted, with costs. For the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Justice Levine at the Appellate Division, we conclude that the findings at Family Court more nearly comport with the evidence.
In addition, we would note that the evidence put forth by the petitioners of the respondent’s failure to visit with, communicate with, or provide for the support of his child is precisely the type of clear and convincing…
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