MATTER OF LINDA F. M.


52 N.Y.2d 236 (1981)

In the Matter of Linda F. M., Appellant. Department of Health of the City of New York et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Guggenheim for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Charles Brody, Shirley Adelson Siegel and Jonathan J. Silbermann of counsel), for Attorney-General, respondent.

Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.


Chief Judge COOKE.

This appeal focuses on the circumstances under which adopted persons can later discover the identity of their natural parents by obtaining access to the sealed adoption records. Section 114 of the Domestic Relations Law provides that such disclosure shall be granted only for "good cause". For the reasons that follow, the courts below were correct in concluding that petitioner here failed to...

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