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MATTER OF JOANNA K.

AC-705/11

33 Misc.3d 486 (2011)

929 N.Y.S.2d 413

2011 NY Slip Op 21303

In the Matter of the Certification as Qualified Adoptive Parents Pursuant to Domestic Relations Law § 115-d. JOANNA K. and Another, Petitioners.

Family Court, Queens County.

August 25, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zenith T. Taylor , Forest Hills, for petitioners.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JOHN M. HUNT, J.

I

In November of 1987, six-year-old Lisa Steinberg was killed by her "adoptive father," Joel Steinberg. Steinberg was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree in March of 1989 and he was sentenced to prison for 81/3 to 25 years (see Launders v Steinberg, 9 N.Y.3d 930, 931 [2007]). Following the tragedy of the Steinberg...

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