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· 5/26/2016

People v. Cumberland

Citations

  • 139 A.D.3d 598
  • 30 N.Y.S.3d 824

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • concluding mother’s consent to voluntary termination of her parental rights was invalid, where mother’s relinquishment was conditioned on a PACA
  • noting that parent failed to file a “written petition to relinquish her parental rights” but ultimately reversing solely based upon the lack of intelligent, voluntary, and deliberate consent
  • holding, “Without a valid of waiver of her right to post-adoption contact, we cannot conclude that [the m]other intelligently, voluntarily, and deliberately consented to terminate her parental rights. [The agency] should have proceeded on its petition under Section 2511(a) and (b).”
  • holding, “Without a valid of waiver of her right to post-adoption contact, we cannot conclude that [the m]other intelligently, voluntarily, and deliberately consented to terminate her parental rights. [The agency] should have proceeded on its petition under Section 2511(a) and (b).”

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Judges: Mazzarelli, Andrias, Richter, Manzanet-Daniels, Kahn

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