2013 New York Consolidated Laws
BVO - Benevolent Orders
Article 2 - (2 - 14) General Provisions
12 - Placing minors by adoption.

 
    § 12. Placing  minors  by  adoption.    Any  corporation created under
  section seven of this act or reorganized under section  eleven  thereof,
  for  the  purpose  of  acquiring and maintaining a home for the aged and
  indigent members of such order and their dependent surviving spouses and
  orphans, may place by adoption, according to law, minors placed in their
  custody; provided authority so to do is given such  corporation  by  the
  parent, guardian or other person or persons having the lawful custody of
  such minor or minors, if any such person or persons can be found, or, if
  not, by the person or persons having the actual custody of such minor or
  minors.