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IN RE ADOPTION OF CHILD BY W.P.

748 A.2d 515 (2000)

163 N.J. 158

In the Matter of the ADOPTION OF a CHILD BY W.P. and M.P.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided April 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Miskowski, Ridgewood and Harriet Dinegar Milks, Ocean Grove, for appellants W.P. and M.P., (MacFall, Riedl & Miskowski, attorneys, Ridgewood).

Toby Solomon, Livingston, for respondents K.S. and M.J.S., (Ms. Solomon, attorney; Ms. Solomon and Kathleen Morehouse, New York City, on the briefs).

Ann Marie Seaton, Senior Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for amicus curiae Division of Youth and Family Services (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by GARIBALDI, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether pursuant to N.J.S.A. 9:2-7.1 (the "Grandparent Visitation Statute"), grandparental visitation by a child's biological grandparents can be enforced over the objections of nonrelative adoptive parents. To resolve that issue, we must determine whether an award of visitation under the Grandparent Visitation Statute conflicts with the public policy of the New Jersey Adoption...

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