MATTER OF MAXINE N.


46 A.D.3d 829 (2007)

848 N.Y.S.2d 535

In the Matter of MAXINE N.

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

Decided December 18, 2007.


Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

"[T]he overarching concern is whether the best interest of the child would be served by placement in the home of the adoptive parent" (Matter of Michael JJ., 200 A.D.2d 80, 81-82 [1994]). "Primary among the circumstances to be considered in determining the best interests of the child are the ability to provide for the child's emotional and intellectual development...

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