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MATTER OF ADOPTION BY D.F.H.

230 N.J. Super. 445 (1989)

553 A.2d 866

IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY D.F.H. AND M.L.P. H/W, APPELLANTS. IN RE ADOPTION OF A CHILD BY MR. AND MRS. JOHN DOE, APPELLANT.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Sacharow argued the cause for appellants in Docket No. A-5383-87T3F (Robinson and Sacharow, attorneys; Steven B. Sacharow, of counsel and on the brief).

Lee M. Hymerling argued the cause for appellants in Docket No. A-6-88T3F (Archer & Greiner, attorneys; Lee M. Hymerling and William J. Thompson, of counsel and on the brief).

Brenda Talbot Lewis, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for Intervenor, Attorney General of New Jersey (Cary Edwards, Attorney General, attorney; Andrea M. Silkowitz, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel; Brenda Talbot Lewis, on the brief).

Charles H. Fash, argued the cause as guardian ad litem.

Seton Hall Family Law Clinic, amicus curiae (James B. Boskey, on the brief).

Before Judges BRODY, ASHBEY and SKILLMAN.

The opinion of the court was delivered by BRODY, J.A.D.

The trial court, sua sponte, dismissed the complaints for adoption in these consolidated appeals, holding that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because in each case the plaintiffs are nonresidents of this State. We now reverse and hold that the Legislature has given the Superior Court jurisdiction to grant adoptions to nonresidents if the child was placed with them by an adoption agency approved...

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