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PEOPLE EX REL. DOE v. EDWARDS

31 A.D.2d 64 (1968)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Jane Doe, Mother on Behalf of John Doe, an Infant, Respondent, v. Jane D. Edwards et al., Appellants

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

December 5, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Tigue, Jr., of counsel (Roy L. Reardon with him on the brief; Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, attorneys), for appellants.

Gerald Mann of counsel (The Legal Aid Society), for respondent.

STEVENS, J. P., STEUER, TILZER and McNALLY, JJ., concur.

McGIVERN, J.

The respondent, Spence-Chapin Adoption Service, appeals from a judgment which sustained a writ of habeas corpus obtained by the natural mother of the subject infant and decreed that custody of the infant be awarded the mother.

Spence-Chapin is an agency authorized under the statutes to receive the absolute surrender of children for adoption. The relator, the unwed mother of an illegitimate...

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