MATTER OF WILKOV


33 A.D.2d 805 (1969)

In the Matter of Male Child Wilkov, Also Known as Gary A. Wilkov. Diana Christonikos, Appellant; Kenneth J. Patterson et al., Respondents

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

December 29, 1969


Order affirmed, without costs.

The record discloses that the trial court erroneously concluded that the natural mother had spoken with a hospital social worker before surrendering her child, when in fact the social worker had spoken only with the mother of the natural mother, the child's grandmother, who was herself a social worker. It is our opinion that there was abundant evidence to support the finding of abandonment without reference to the disputed finding of...

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