MATTER OF ADOPTION OF CHILD BY T.W.C.


270 N.J. Super. 225 (1994)

636 A.2d 1083

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY T.W.C. AND P.C.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MacFall, Riedel & Miskowski, attorneys for appellants T.W.C. and P.C. (James W. Miskowski, on the brief).

Courter, Kobert, Laufer, Purcell & Cohen, attorneys for respondent N.C. (Jane Ellen Doran, on the brief).

Before Judges GAULKIN, R.S. COHEN and WALLACE.


The opinion of the court was delivered by GAULKIN, P.J.A.D.

This case presents questions of jurisdiction and choice of law in an interstate private-placement adoption. N.C. (the mother), a New York resident, privately placed her newborn son for adoption by New Jersey residents T.W.C. and P.C. (the Coes, a fictional name). The Coes commenced an adoption proceeding in New Jersey, but the mother gave notice that she revoked her consent to the adoption. The Family Part...

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