IN RE ADOPTION OF BABY S.


308 N.J. Super. 207 (1997)

IN RE: ADOPTION OF BABY S.

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

Decided October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane Doe, Petitioner (pro se).1


COOK, J.S.C.

Should the records of an adoption proceeding that took place over fifty-five years ago be unsealed to permit the biological mother to inspect and copy them, and thereby obtain identifying information about the adoptee and his adoptive family? Previous reported decisions in this State all have involved requests by adoptees to unseal. See e.g., Matter of Adoption of Mellinger, 288 N.J.Super. 191, ...

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