Legal Opinion
In re the Adoption of Male Infant L. Christina L.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 29, 1984PublishedCited by 109 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
This appeal involves a natural mother’s attempt to gain custody of her child who has lived with the foster parents since his birth in July, 1980. The precise issue before us is whether the foster parents may retain custody of the child whom they have raised since his birth almost four years ago, where the natural mother has neither surrendered, abandoned nor neglected the child nor been found to be unfit, but, nevertheless, did originally plan with the foster parents before the child’s birth to give them the child for adoption, did consent to provisional custody…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- People ex rel. Kropp v. ShepskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- People ex rel. Portnoy v. StrasserNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- People ex rel. Scarpetta v. Spence-Chapin Adoption ServiceNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by109 opinions
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