In re the Adoption of Gerald T.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Asch, J.
This case raises the issue of the legal implications of the reservation of rights in surrender instruments executed by natural parents in accordance with the terms of Social Services Law § 383-c vis-á-vis the long-standing policy of this State that in an adoption the natural parent "shall have no rights over such adoptive child” (Domestic Relations Law §117 [1] [a]).
Gerald was born September 15, 1989 and was placed in foster care in January 1991 after a finding of neglect. The child’s mother was convicted of manslaughter in 1991 for the death of Gerald’s brother…
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