In re Michael

—In an adoption proceeding pursuant to Domestic Relations Law article 7, the petitioners and the Law Guardian for the child separately appeal from an order of the Family Court, Kings County (Segal, J.), dated December 16, 1999, which after a hearing, denied the petition and awarded custody of the subject child to the father.

Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Kings County, for further proceedings on the petition for adoption in accordance herewith, without the need for consent by the father.

The Family…