Robert O. v. Russell K.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the mother's conduct did not prevent father from protecting his rights
• declining to vacate adoption, which unwed biological father claimed had been fraudulently obtained, because record did not evince any attempts by unwed biological mother to deceptively conceal her pregnancy from the child's father
• declining to vacate adoption, which unwed biological father claimed had been fraudulently obtained, because record did not evince any attempts by unwed biological mother to deceptively conceal her pregnancy from the child’s father
• father must \`promptly take[] every available avenue to demonstrate that he is willing and able to enter into the fullest possible relationship with his child'\
• father must “ promptly take[] every available avenue to demonstrate that he is willing and able to enter into the fullest possible relationship with his child’ ”
• unwed father with no knowledge of pregnancy or birth before adoption finalized lacked due process liberty interest and right to notice and to consent to adoption because he did not manifest a willingness to establish relationship with child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

82 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• In re Baby Girl B.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-12-08· cited 196×
• New Jersey Division of Youth & Family Services v. I.S.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2010-06-01· cited 153×
• In Re Adoption/Guardianship No. 3598
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-10-10· cited 138×
• Kessel v. Leavitt
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-07-22· cited 122×
• In Re the Adoption of A.A.T.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2008-12-12· cited 82×
• Heidbreder v. Carton
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-06-13· cited 55×
• In Re Adoption of Baby Girl P.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2010-10-29· cited 53×
• IN RE ADOPTION OF K.P.M.A.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2014-10-14· cited 37×
• In Re the Termination of Parental Rights Over Boy K.
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-03-27· cited 31×
• In Re Adoption of B.Y.
  Utah Supreme Court· 2015-08-11· cited 29×
• In Re Paternity of Baby Doe
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2000-08-30· cited 26×
• In Re Petition to Adopt O.J.M.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-10-29· cited 26×
• In the Interest of C.M.D.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-06-25· cited 19×
• In re C.L.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2005-03-15· cited 19×
• In Re Adoption of JDC
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-06-22· cited 16×
• Matter of Kjr
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1997-10-29· cited 16×
• In re Baby Boy C.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-12-27· cited 16×
• In the Matter of the Adoption and Paternity of K.G.B., E.S. v. T.B. and K.B.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-09-26· cited 13×
• in the Interest of Baby Girl S., a Child
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2013-08-05· cited 12×
• Raymond AA. v. Doe
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-07-13· cited 12×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stanley v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1972-04-03· cited 5,889×
• Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey
  Supreme Court· 1992-06-29· cited 2,492×
• Lehr v. Robertson
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-27· cited 1,333×
• Quilloin v. Walcott
  Supreme Court· 1978-03-06· cited 1,234×
• Caban v. Mohammed
  Supreme Court· 1979-04-24· cited 738×
• Lalli v. Lalli
  Supreme Court· 1978-12-11· cited 430×
• In re Raquel Marie X.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1990-07-10· cited 121×
• Humphrey v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-10-18· cited 69×
• In re Sarah K.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-11-14· cited 57×
• Robert C. v. Miguel T.
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-26· cited 43×
• In re the Adoption of Jessica XX
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-11-24· cited 23×
• In re Baby Girl S.
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1988-11-04· cited 23×
• In re the Adoption of Christopher L.
  New York Surrogate's Court· 1982-05-04· cited 3×

Other cases named Robert O. v. Russell K.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Robert O. v. Russell K.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-01-13· cited 6×