MATTER OF J.

2022-00942. Docket No. A-117-19.

218 A.D.3d 583 (2023)

192 N.Y.S.3d 582

2023 NY Slip Op 03789

In the Matter of J. Sarajoy V., Respondent; Ryan G., Appellant.

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

Decided July 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna B. Swanson , Massapequa, NY, for appellant.

Morici & Morici, LLP, Garden City, NY ( Paul R. Pepper of counsel), for respondent.

Laurette D. Mulry , Central Islip, NY ( John B. Belmonte of counsel), attorney for the child.

Brathwaite Nelson, J.P., Maltese, Ford and Warhit, JJ., concur.


In an adoption proceeding, the father appeals from an order of the Family Court, Suffolk County (Matthew Hughes, J.), dated January 5, 2022. The order, after a hearing, found that the father abandoned the subject child and that his consent to the adoption of the child was not required.

Ordered that on the Court's own motion, the notice of appeal is deemed to be an application for leave to appeal, and leave to appeal is granted (see Family Ct Act § 1112...

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