MATTER OF ADOPTION OF MALE M.


76 A.D.2d 839 (1980)

In the Matter of the Adoption of Male M. Rosalie A. et al., Appellants; Diane M., Respondent. In the Matter of Diane M., Respondent, v. Rosalie A. et al., Appellants

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

June 2, 1980


Orders affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The natural mother's attempt to revoke her consent to the adoption of her infant born on December 30, 1978, confronts us with the problem that legislation enacted in 1972, following the decision in People ex rel. Scarpetta v Spence-Chapin Adoption Serv. (28 N.Y.2d 185), viz., section 115-b of the Domestic Relations Law, was designed to avoid. Unfortunately, despite the fact...

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