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MATTER OF DAKIEM M.

512501.

94 A.D.3d 1362 (2012)

943 N.Y.S.2d 629

2012 NY Slip Op 3246

In the Matter of DAKIEM M., an Infant. DEMETRIUS O., Respondent; DAKIEM N., Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Third Department.

Decided April 26, 2012.

LAHTINEN, J.

Respondent and Lea O. (hereinafter the mother), who were never married, are the biological parents of Dakiem M. (born in 2003). Petitioner married the mother in August 2009 and, in February 2010, he commenced this proceeding seeking to adopt the child. Following a hearing, Family Court determined that respondent's consent was not required because he had failed to maintain sufficient contact with the child (see Domestic Relations Law § 111...

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