MATTER OF T. W. C.


38 N.Y.2d 128 (1975)

In the Matter of the Adoption of T. W. C. (ANONYMOUS). Natural Mother, Appellant; Adoptive Parents, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 20, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ira H. Leibowitz and Jack B. Solerwitz for appellant.

Joseph Canzoneri for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

We are asked to consider the validity of an irrevocable consent to adopt which was executed by a natural mother at a time when she was four months shy of her 21st birthday. The appellant seeks to revoke her consent on the grounds of duress and infancy.

On October 31, 1973 the appellant appeared before a Judge of the Surrogate's Court and executed an irrevocable consent pursuant to section 115-b...

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