MATTER OF EATON


305 N.Y. 162 (1953)

In the Matter of the Adoption of Jane L. Eaton, Respondent. Melvin C. Eaton et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 6, 1953


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Coleman for appellants.

Livingston S. Latham for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.


DESMOND, J.

This proceeding was brought, in reliance on section 118 of the Domestic Relations Law, for abrogation, by and at the suit of the foster parents, of the adoption, in 1936 when she was seven years old, of their foster child who, at the time the petition for abrogation was filed herein, was twenty-two year old, and married. The petition alleged, inter alia, that respondent, soon after she attained...

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