MATTER OF ADOPTION OF CHILD BY F.O.


307 N.J. Super. 176 (1997)

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY F.O. AND W.O.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Family Part Hudson County.

Decided October 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry Berman, for plaintiffs F.O. and W.O.

Shelley Albert, for defendant A.Z.


HUNTER, J.S.C.

This is a contested adoption case that requires the court to determine whether a biological father's parental rights should be terminated in order to permit the foster parents to adopt the child, where the natural father was incarcerated for virtually the entire first 10 years of the child's life and has made very little effort since his release to perform his statutorily required parental duties.

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The child, M.Z., was born in Miami...

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