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MATTER OF VINCENT

158 Misc.2d 942 (1993)

602 N.Y.S.2d 303

In the Matter of the Adoption of Vincent.

Family Court, New York County.

August 3, 1993

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia K. Swisher, New York City, for adoptive mother. Legal Aid Society, New York City (David Waldman of counsel), Law Guardian.

LEAH MARKS, J.

This adoption has been approved although many problems could have prevented approval. The case proves that when a prospective adoptive parent files a petition to adopt a child who has been in foster care, neither the agency responsible for the child nor that agency's lawyer should be permitted to take more than one role in the proceeding.

Although such actions have commonly been permitted...

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