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GOLAN v. WISE SERVS.

69 N.Y.2d 343 (1987)

Ronald T. Golan, Respondent, v. Louise Wise Services, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Zalk and Stephen Wise Tulin for appellant.

Ronald T. Golan, respondent pro se.

Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER and HANCOCK, JR., concur with Judge TITONE; Judge BELLACOSA dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge WACHTLER concurs.

TITONE, J.

When an adopted person seeks to discover, for allegedly good cause (Domestic Relations Law § 114), confidential information concerning the circumstances of his birth, the interests of the adopted person, the adoptive parents, the biological parents and society must be balanced. In such a case, therefore, both notice to the biological parents, if possible, or a guardian appointed to represent their...

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