Matter of Marian T.

Decision: 2020.11.23

Argument: 2020.10.14 vid. tr.

Whether Surrogates’ Court had discretion to dispense with adult adoptee’s consent in adoption proceeding; petitioners commenced proceeding to adopt 64-year-old woman with severe intellectual disabilities, who resided in petitioners’ family care home; construction of Domestic Relations Law § 111(1)(a).

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• The January Session calendar is set.
• Intellectually disabled adults need not consent to their adoption in all instances (Matter of Marian T.).
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