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SORENTINO v. FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SOC. OF ELIZABETH

74 N.J. 313 (1977)

378 A.2d 18

PHILIP SORENTINO AND CONSTANCE SEVERINI, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. THE FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SOCIETY OF ELIZABETH, JOHN DOE AND JANE DOE, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided September 19, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ms. Gail Chester argued the cause for appellants (Mr. Melville D. Miller, Jr., Administrator, Middlesex County Legal Services, attorney).

Mr. Stuart L. Pachman argued the cause for respondents John and Jane Doe (Messrs. Clapp & Eisenberg, attorneys; Mr. Pachman and Mr. Jerome C. Eisenberg, of counsel and on the brief).

Ms. Rosemary Higgins Cass argued the cause for respondent The Family Children's Society of Elizabeth.

PER CURIAM.

These proceedings have their origin in the attempt of an unwed mother to regain custody of the child she had surrendered for placement for adoption by an adoption agency, The Family and Children's Society of Elizabeth. This Court previously found sufficient evidence to support the trial court's finding that the natural mother's consent to surrender to the agency had not been voluntarily given. Therefore, on the record then before us, the surrender was...

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