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MATTER OF CATALA

57 A.D.2d 823 (1977)

In the Matter of Adarberto Catala, Also Known as Adalberto Catala, Alleged to be a Permanently Neglected Child. Petra Catala, Respondent-Appellant

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

May 31, 1977

The disposition made (Family Ct Act, §§ 631, 634) is amply justified by the evidence. Nor did the court abuse discretion in declining to hear evidence in favor of so-called open adoption in which the biological parent, though deprived of legal rights, would still maintain contact with the child. Such a relationship could not but confuse the child and result in harm rather than good. The child's interests are, of course...

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