IN RE ADOPTION OF E.


112 N.J. Super. 326 (1970)

271 A.2d 27

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF "E".

Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County Court, Probate Division.

Decided November 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David M. Beckerman, for plaintiffs adoption applicants.

(Messrs. Beckerman, Franzblau, & Cohen, attorneys).

Mr. Edward Terner, as intervenor, for Children's Aid & Adoption Society.


CAMARATA, J.S.C.

The issue presented for determination is whether adopting parents who do not believe in the existence of a Supreme Being should be permitted to adopt a child 11 month of age.

Plaintiffs, husband and wife, in 1965 applied to the Bureau of Children's Services of the New Jersey Department of Institutions and Agencies seeking to adopt a child. They informed the Bureau that they had no religious affiliation and were not members of any organized...

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