MATTER OF GIANNA

2019-09612. Docket No. A-8939-18.

193 A.D.3d 858 (2021)

142 N.Y.S.3d 361

2021 NY Slip Op 02295

In the Matter of Gianna. Perry W.K., Respondent; Andrew R., Appellant.

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

Decided April 14, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalie Leslie , White Plains, NY, for appellant.

Andrew W. Szczesniak , White Plains, NY, for respondent.

Thea S. Beaver , Mamaroneck, NY, attorney for the child.

Dillon, J.P., Hinds-Radix, Duffy and Wooten, JJ., concur.


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

The mother and the biological father of the subject child were never married. The mother's paramour, who subsequently married the mother and became the child's stepfather (hereinafter the stepfather), filed a petition to adopt the child. The biological father opposed the petition. Following a hearing, the Family Court determined that the biological father's consent was not required for the adoption...

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