In re Shawn P.

In an adoption proceeding, the petitioners natural mother and adoptive father appeal from an order of the Family Court, Queens County (Schindler, J.), dated November 8, 1991, which, after a hearing, inter alia, dismissed their petition and held that the consent of the natural father and former husband of the natural mother was required for the adoption to proceed.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

There is a heavy burden with constitutional implications on one who seeks to terminate the rights of a natural parent through adoption (see, Matter of Corey L v…