In re the Adoption of Anonymous

Hazleton, S.

The application for adoption herein requires consideration of section 111 of the Domestic Relations Law with respect to the consent to adoption which is required where a foster child is an orphan. The petition states that the parents of the minor child are deceased and that the child’s paternal grandmother had surrendered custody to the adoptive parents, the petitioners. The grandmother joins in the agreement of adoption which is proffered.

Subdivision 4 of section 111, which requires the consent “ Of any person or authorized agency having lawful custody of the foster child ”, has…