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MATTER OF JONEE

181 Misc.2d 822 (1999)

695 N.Y.S.2d 920

In the Matter of the Adoption of JONEE and Others, Infants.

Family Court, Kings County.

September 14, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Miller, Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. B (John C. Gray, Jr., Lynn Vogelstein, Lauren Shapiro and Raun Rasmussen of counsel), and Washington Square Legal Services (Martin Guggenheim and Madeleine Kurtz of counsel), for petitioner.

Warren & Warren, P. C. (Richard J. Warren of counsel), for Angel Guardian Home and Family Services, Inc.

Legal Aid Society (Monica Drinane, Valerie Pels and Gerard Nolan of counsel), Law Guardian.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PHILIP C. SEGAL, J.

At issue in this adoption proceeding is whether the newly enacted New York State Adoption and Safe Families Act (L 1999, ch 7 [ASFA]) requires this court summarily to deny the pending petitions and immediately sever an intact family by removing petitioner's four nieces from her home, where they have lived together for seven years, because 21 years ago she pleaded guilty to manslaughter and served three years' probation...

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