MATTER OF T.


100 A.D.2d 624 (1984)

In the Matter of Andrew Peter H. T., an Infant. Timothy De V. et al., Appellants; Mark T., Respondent

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

March 26, 1984


¶ Order affirmed, with one bill of costs to respondent and the Attorney-General.

¶ The single issue on this appeal is whether the prospective adoption could be consummated without the biological father's consent, or proof that he abandoned his parental obligations. We conclude that the biological father's consent was necessary according to the principles enunciated by the United States Supreme Court in Lehr v Robertson (463 US ___, 103 S.Ct. 2985...

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