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DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW 111 GIVES A COURT THE DISCRETION TO DISPENSE WITH AN ADULT ADOPTEE’S CONSENT TO ADOPTION; HERE PETITIONERS WERE PROPERLY ALLOWED TO ADOPT MARION T., A 66-YEAR-OLD NON-VERBAL WOMAN WITH A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge DiFiore, over a concurrence and an extensive dissent, determined that the lower court rulings that Domestic Relations Law 111 (1)(a) gives a court the discretion to dispense with the adoptee’s consent to an adoption. Here the petitioners sought to adopt Marion T, a non-verbal 66-year-old women with a significant developmental disability.

[The} issue turns on the proper interpretation of Domestic Relations Law (DRL) § 111(1)(a), which generally requires the consent of an “adoptive child” who is over 14 years old but gives the court discretion to dispense with that consent. We agree with the Appellate Division that, in appropriate circumstances, the statute permits a court to approve an adoption even absent the consent of an adult adoptee. Because that discretion was not abused here and there is record support for the affirmed best interests finding, we affirm. Matter of Marian T. (Lauren R.), 2020 NY Slip Op 06932, CtApp 11-23-20

 

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