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MATTER OF ADOPTION OF BENIGNO-WHITE

223 N.J. Super. 72 (1987)

537 A.2d 1345

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY CELESTE BENIGNO-WHITE AND JEFFERSON WHITE.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division Family Part, Monmouth County.

Decided December 3, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janice Davis Miller, for Celeste Benigno-White and Jefferson White (Miller & Gaudio, attorneys).

Ronald B. Rosen, for Dr. Kenneth Z. Taylor.

George Warren, guardian ad litem, for Philip Andrew Taylor.

Donald M. Lomurro, for Everett and Jean Taylor (Lomurro & Eastman, attorneys).

Ann Marie Seaton, Deputy Atty. Gen., attorney for the Division of Youth and Family Services (W. Cary Edwards, Atty. Gen. New Jersey).

Joyce L. Maraziti, Asst. Deputy Public Defender, Law Guardian for Philip Andrew Taylor in Title 9 proceeding (Alfred A. Slocum, Public Defender).

GEHRICKE, J.S.C.

This is an adoption matter in which the natural father, defendant Dr. Kenneth Taylor, (hereinafter Dr. Taylor) objects to the adoption of his son, Philip Andrew Taylor (hereinafter Philip) by Philip's maternal aunt Celeste Benigno-White and her husband Jefferson White (hereinafter Whites), the plaintiffs in this action.

On November 11, 1984, Dr. Taylor murdered his wife. Following a jury trial...

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