MATTER OF LORD


28 A.D.2d 1203 (1967)

In the Matter of the Adoption of Deborah E. Lord, an Infant. Samuel F. Joor et al., Appellants; Philip S. Lord, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Fourth Department.

November 30, 1967


Order unanimously reversed and motion granted, without costs. Memorandum: In the exercise of a proper discretion the motion should have been granted. It was denied on the theory that the petitioners had offered no proof "that there was any fraud of any kind or nature or any other cause that would warrant the granting of the relief." Apparently the Family Court Judge was under the impression that in order to constitute fraud in a matter of delicacy such as this there had to...

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