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MATTER OF LAVENIA B.

261 A.D.2d 542 (1999)

688 N.Y.S.2d 909

In the Matter of JAMEL B. LAVENIA B., Appellant; COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent. In the Matter of LAWRENCE B. LAVENIA B., Appellant; COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Respondent.

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

Decided May 17, 1999.

Ordered that the orders are reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matters are remitted to the Family Court, Queens County, for a hearing on the petitions.

The Family Court failed to consider the factors in favor of and against the granting of these adoption petitions or the best interests of the children herein (see, Domestic Relations Law § 114 [1]). Therefore, the matter is remitted to the Family Court for a hearing on the merits...

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