MATTER OF SOMMERVILLE v. ERIE COUNTY DEP'T OF SOC SERVS.


163 A.D.2d 838 (1990)

In the Matter of Robert Sommerville, Appellant, v. Erie County Department of Social Services, on Behalf of Nicole L. and Another, Respondent. (And Two Other Proceedings.) (Appeal No. 1.)

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

July 13, 1990


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

Family Court properly determined that the father's consent to the adoptions was not required. Domestic Relations Law § 111 (1) (d) provides that consent to adoption shall be required "[o]f the father, whether adult or infant, of a child born out-of-wedlock and placed with the adoptive parents more than six months after birth, but only if such father shall...

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