MATTER OF JARRETT


224 A.D.2d 1029 (1996)

638 N.Y.S.2d 385

In the Matter of the Adoption of Jarrett. Karen Doe et al., Appellants; Jill H. et al., Respondents. (Appeal No. 1.)

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

February 2, 1996


Amended order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, petition reinstated and matter remitted to Niagara County Family Court for further proceedings in accordance with the following Memorandum: Family Court erred in dismissing the adoption petition and restoring custody of the child to the birth parents. The court found that the extrajudicial consent of respondent birth mother to the adoption was not knowing, voluntary...

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