The Family Court properly declined to exercise jurisdiction over a petition by the putative biological aunt seeking mere custody of the child, her paternal niece, an abandoned child in a pre-adoptive foster home whose custody and guardianship have been committed to the Commissioner for purposes of adoption since "[t]o exercise jurisdiction would circumvent the clear public policy of this State, which is, that a permanent home should be found for every child who has been determined...
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