New York Court of Appeals
In the Matter of the Application of Charles H. MacRae, Appellants, for the Vacation of a Decree of Adoption…
June 14, 1907189 N.Y. 142
Summary
The Court affirmed the surrogate's denial of a motion to set aside a second adoption, holding that the natural father's consent and notice were not required because his parental rights were terminated by the first adoption. A dissent argued that consent and notice should be required.