Matter of Kayden

Matter of Kayden 2022 NY Slip Op 02689 Decided on April 22, 2022 Appellate Division, Fourth Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.

Decided on April 22, 2022 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department
PRESENT: WHALEN, P.J., SMITH, CENTRA, NEMOYER, AND WINSLOW, JJ.
288 CAF 20-00153

[*1]IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF KAYDEN.

MISTY G. AND JOHN B., PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS,

v

NICHOLAS G., RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

FRANK H. HISCOCK LEGAL AID SOCIETY, SYRACUSE (PHILIP ROTHSCHILD OF COUNSEL), FOR RESPONDENT-APPELLANT.

D.J. & J.A. CIRANDO, PLLC, SYRACUSE (REBECCA L. KONST OF COUNSEL), FOR PETITIONERS-RESPONDENTS.

MICHAEL J. KERWIN, SYRACUSE, ATTORNEY FOR THE CHILD.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court, Onondaga County (Julie A. Cecile, J.), entered December 31, 2019. The order, among other things, adjudged that respondent's consent to the adoption of the subject child is not required and that it is in the child's best interests to be adopted by petitioner John B.

It is hereby ORDERED that the order so appealed from is unanimously affirmed without costs for reasons stated in the decision at Family Court.

Entered: April 22, 2022

Ann Dillon Flynn

Clerk of the Court