In re the Adoption of Black

J. Maynard Jones, S.

In these proceedings, the foster father, hereinafter referred to as the petitioner, seeks orders of this court to vacate and set aside the orders of adoption of two infants made by this court on November 4,1966, on the grounds that the Surrogate was without jurisdiction to grant the same. There seems to be little or no dispute of the facts.

The petitioner and the foster mother, hereinafter referred to as the respondent, were married August 27, 1966. The respondent was the natural mother of two girls born to her out of wedlock July 13, 1961 and January 10, 1963. On September…