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Decisions of Interest

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |

Adoptive Mother Who Relinquished Custody Must Pay Child Support

The Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the ruling in Matter of Greene County Department of Social Services v. Ward, 29 AD3d 1039 (2006), in which the Third Department held that a woman who adopted a child and had to later return him to the State because of his unmanageable behaviors was obligated to pay child support, even though a biological mother in the same position would not have been required to do so. Matter of Greene County Department of Social Services v. Ward, ' N.E.2d ”, 2007 WL 1672315, 2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 05131 (N.Y. 6/12/07).

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