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42 Misc.3d 812 (2013)

978 N.Y.S.2d 622

2013 NY Slip Op 23454

In the Matter of the Adoption of a Child Whose First Name is G.

Surrogate's Court, New York County.

December 27, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turkel Forman , LLP, New York City ( Judith Turkel of counsel), for petitioner.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RITA M. MELLA, S.

In this uncontested second-parent adoption proceeding, the court is faced with an interesting question: may two close personal friends, who together decided to adopt and have jointly participated in all aspects of the adoption process, and have been, in fact, raising a child together, be her joint, legal adoptive parents? For the reasons to follow, the answer is yes...

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