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MATTER OF EMILIO R.

293 A.D.2d 27 (2002)

742 N.Y.S.2d 22

In the Matter of the Adoption of EMILIO R., an Infant. EMMA R. et al., Appellants; COMMISSIONER OF THE ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Appellant. PIERRE M. JANVIER, as Law Guardian.

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

May 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenda M. Rothberg for appellants.

Elizabeth I. Freedman of counsel (Francis F. Caputo on the brief; Michael D. Hess, Corporation Counsel of New York City, attorney), for municipal appellant.

Pierre M. Janvier, Law Guardian, for infant.

TOM, J.P., ANDRIAS, BUCKLEY and LERNER, JJ., concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

WALLACH, J.

What is unusual about this appeal is that all the parties to this proceeding—petitioners, the agency and the Law Guardian—urge reversal of the Family Court order denying the joint petition for adoption. We do not hesitate to join this consensus.

The subject child was placed in the foster care of his maternal grandmother in 1987, when he was one month old. ...

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