Legal Opinion
In Re the Adoption of Baby T.
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided August 4, 1999PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
COLEMAN, J.
The issue in this wrongful death-medical malpractice case is whether a doctor being sued for causing the death of an adopted infant has standing to challenge the posthumous finalization of the infant’s adoption. The Chancery Division, Family Part, concluded that there is no standing. A divided panel of the Appellate Division held that under the factual matrix of this case there is standing. 311 N.J.Super. 408, 411, 709 A.2d 1381 (1998). This appeal is before us as of right based upon a dissent in the Appellate Division. R. 2:2-1(a)(2). We…
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