MATTER OF CLAIR


231 A.D.2d 842 (1996)

647 N.Y.S.2d 610

In the Matter of Clair, an Infant. David A. M., Appellant; Elizabeth M. et al., Respondents

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

September 27, 1996


Order unanimously affirmed without costs.

Memorandum:

In this adoption proceeding, the biological father of the child contends that Family Court erred in dispensing with his consent to the child's adoption by the biological mother and her present husband on the ground of abandonment pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 111 (2) (a). We disagree. The proof establishes that the biological father evinced an intent to forego his parental rights and obligations...

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