Legal Opinion
R.K. v. A.J.B.
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided April 7, 1995PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FISHER, J.S.C.
I
THE ISSUE
To what extent are grandparents permitted to participate in an adoption action commenced by the child’s stepparent? Nothing definitive has been said by either our courts or Legislature on this subject.1 This unsettling problem arises frequently and was initiated in this case by the filing of a motion to consolidate the maternal grandparents’ visitation action with the stepparent’s adoption action.
II
THE FACTS
R.K. and L.K. (“the grandparents”) were the parents of S.B., who was married to A.J.B. in 1982; on January 3, 1990, S.B. and *690A.J.B. adopted a one-day old child who…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Mimkon v. FordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- In Re Adoption of Two Children by JJPNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1980
- In Re Adoption of a Minor ChildSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
- Alberto Gonzales Barquera, Jr. v. People of the State of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re the Adoption of Baby T.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1999
- In Re FarnkopfNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 2003
- In re the Adoption of a Child by E.T. & T.T.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1997
- In re the Guardianship of K.H.O.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998
- In re Richard E.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2009
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