In re Hayes

This is a petition brought pursuant to section 385-a of the Social Services Law, wherein petitioner, the Department of Social Services of the City of New York, applies for approval of an instrument of voluntary placement of an infant. The subject child, Roseann Hayes, was born on March 16, 1975, and the instrument of placement executed on or about the 18th of March, 1975.

The natural mother now appears in opposition to the petition, seeking revocation of the placement and the return of the infant to her care and custody. The mother has not had a change of heart as to her settled purpose to…