MATTER OF RAQUEL MARIE X.


150 A.D.2d 23 (1989)

In the Matter of Raquel Marie X., an Infant. Mr. and Mrs. C., Appellants; Mr. and Mrs. T., Respondents

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

September 11, 1989


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Scheinkman, and Fink, Weinberger, Fredman, Berman, Lowell & Fensterheim, P. C. (Alan D. Scheinkman and Ronald J. Bavero of counsel), for appellants.

Domenick J. Porco for Mr. T., respondent.

Richard S. Birnbaum for Mrs. T., respondent.

Richard J. Strassfield, Law Guardian, for Raquel Marie X.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert J. Schack of counsel), in his statutory capacity under Executive Law § 71.

BRACKEN, J. P., KUNZEMAN, SULLIVAN and BALLETTA, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

In this appeal from the denial of an adoption petition, we are confronted with the question of whether the consent of the natural father to the proposed adoption of the infant child Raquel Marie is required pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 111 (1) (e). Based upon the following discussion, we conclude that it is not.

Raquel Marie's natural parents first met in 1983 or 1984 while both were attending...

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