MATTER OF HATCH v. CORTLAND COUNTY DEP'T OF SOC SERVS.


199 A.D.2d 765 (1993)

605 N.Y.S.2d 428

In the Matter of William K. Hatch, on Behalf of Angela J., Appellant, v. Cortland County Department of Social Services, Respondent. (And Two Other Related Proceedings.)

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

December 16, 1993


White, J.

The issue on these appeals is whether Family Court erred in denying a sibling visitation rights with her brother and sister who have been adopted. It is now recognized that the severance by adoption of the existing emotional ties between children and their parents, siblings and grandparents may be harmful to the children and that it may be beneficial to provide for visitation after adoption (Nathan, Visitation After Adoption: In the Best...

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