MATTER OF JERRY D.


113 Misc.2d 125 (1982)

In the Matter of Jerry D. et al.

Family Court, New York County.

March 9, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Joseph M. Armstrong of counsel), for New York City Department of Social Services, petitioner.


NANETTE DEMBITZ, J.

These seven proceedings (consolidated for the purpose of decision) each present the issue of delay in the adoption of newborn infants by couples seeking adoptive babies. The mothers of these infants, all born out of wedlock, abandoned them in the hospital of delivery, in most cases stating their desire for the child's adoption; and the alleged fathers, if named by the mothers, never acknowledged in any way any connection with the children...

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