In re the Adoption of Baby Girl

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward J. McLaughlin, J.

In this proceeding for a final order of adoption, the court holds that when the natural father of an out-of-wedlock child has established no relationship with the mother of the child, or with the child, and thus is not entitled to notice under statutory or case law, and, when the natural mother of the child abandons the child, in this case by surrendering the child to an authorized agency, the United States Supreme Court decision of Caban v Mohammed (441 US 380) does not apply, and there is no need for the agency to procure the consent of the…