In re the Adoption of Gustavo G.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sullivan, J.

In this proceeding to adopt the child Gustavo, whose biological mother’s parental rights have been terminated, thereby-freeing him for adoption, petitioner, the maternal grandmother, appeals from Family Court’s dismissal of the petition based upon the court’s disqualification of her counsel. Since the court improperly applied an unjustified per se disqualification rule, and the record clearly shows that the proposed adoption is in the child’s best interests, we reverse and remand the matter to Family Court with the direction to complete the adoption process.

Gust…