The Family Court properly determined that the father's consent was not necessary for the adoption of the child. Domestic Relations Law § 111 (1) (d) provides that consent to adoption shall be required: "[o]f the father, whether adult or infant, of a child born out-of-wedlock and placed with the adoptive parents more than six months after birth, but only if such father...
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