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MATTER OF CORINTHIAN MARIE S. DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

297 A.D.2d 382 (2002)

746 N.Y.S.2d 606

In the Matter of CORINTHIAN MARIE S. DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant; LINDA MARIE S., Respondent. (Proceeding No. 1.) In the Matter of KEITH LITTLE S. DUTCHESS COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, Appellant; LINDA MARIE S., Respondent. (Proceeding No. 2.)

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

Decided August 26, 2002.

Ordered that the orders are affirmed insofar as appealed from, without costs or disbursements.

This Court has recognized that continued relations between a child and a natural parent may be in the child's best interests even after adoption. Particularly, this Court stated in Matter of McDevitt (176 App Div 418, 423), that the "Supreme Court has ample power at law and in equity to promote the welfare of the child, notwithstanding a legal adoption * * * and the...

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