IN RE ADOPTION OF CHILD BY L.C.


171 N.J. Super. 553 (1979)

410 A.2d 265

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY L.C. AND E.R.C., HIS WIFE.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided December 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Piro and Zinna, attorneys for appellants L.C. and E.R.C. (Frank J. Zinna on the brief).

John J. Degnan, Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney for respondent State Registrar of Vital Statistics (Erminie L. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Charlotte Kitler, Deputy Attorney General, on the brief).

Before Judges BISCHOFF, BOTTER and DWYER.


The opinion of the court was delivered by BISCHOFF, P.J.A.D.

By judgment of adoption dated August 16, 1977 plaintiffs L.C. and E.R.C. became the adoptive parents of M.C., a minor child born in Portugal on April 10, 1975. The judgment as entered ordered that "pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:8-40.1, the State Registrar issue a new birth certificate stating the said adopted child's birth place as the residence of the ... adoptive parents...." L.C. applied to the State...

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