MATTER OF STEPHEN X.


59 A.D.3d 792 (2009)

872 N.Y.S.2d 300

In the Matter of STEPHEN X., an Adopted Child. BRIDGETTE W., Appellant; THOMAS GG. et al., Respondents.

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

Decided February 11, 2009.


Cardona, P.J.

On March 14, 2008, petitioner filed a petition in Family Court alleging that the adoptive parents of her child, Stephen X. (born in 1989), violated the terms and conditions of the judicial surrender, dated July 8, 1998, by, among other things, denying her visitation with the child. Family Court dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction and this appeal ensued.

Family Court has jurisdiction to direct visitation only with a minor child (

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