MATTER OF ADOPTION OF ADULT BY G.V.C.


243 N.J. Super. 651 (1990)

581 A.2d 123

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF AN ADULT BY G.V.C.

Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery Division Bergen County, Family Part.

Decided June 11, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Z. Mallin, for plaintiff.


KRAFTE, J.S.C.

The issue before this court is whether a natural father may adopt his own adult child. This court finds nothing in the law or public policy of this state which precludes such an adoption.

The facts here are somewhat unique. D. was born on December 20, 1961. His birth certificate names M.S. as his mother and J.S. as his father. The petitioner, G.V.C., is named on the Baptismal Certificate, dated April 2, 1962, as the godfather. It has now been...

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