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MATTER OF GERALD T.

211 A.D.2d 17 (1995)

In the Matter of the Adoption of Gerald T., an Infant. Cindy W., Appellant

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

April 20, 1995

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Neff for appellant.

MURPHY, P. J., WALLACH, NARDELLI and MAZZARELLI, JJ., concur.

ASCH, J.

This case raises the issue of the legal implications of the reservation of rights in surrender instruments executed by natural parents in accordance with the terms of Social Services Law § 383-c vis-à-vis the long-standing policy of this State that in an adoption the natural parent "shall have no rights over such adoptive child" (Domestic Relations Law § 117 [1] [a]).

Gerald was...

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