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A surrender of parental rights is defined to mean a voluntary relinquishment of all parental rights for the purposes of allowing a child to be adopted

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November 15, 2011 at 9:14 am

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New Jersey’s adoption statute does not preclude a request for grandparent visitation

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June 29, 2011 at 2:47 pm

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To the extent that visitation by a third party may be compelled over the objections of a biological family, the same rule applies to an adoptive family

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May 24, 2011 at 6:11 am

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The entry of a judgment of adoption terminates all rights of inheritance under intestacy from or through the child which existed prior to the adoption

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April 13, 2011 at 1:17 pm

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Child support arrears owed prior to an adoption are vested rights of the children

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April 13, 2011 at 1:14 pm

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Adoption and a testator’s probable intent

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April 13, 2011 at 1:12 pm

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The stranger-to-the-adoption doctrine

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April 13, 2011 at 1:10 pm

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Post-adoption sibling visitation is to be evaluated in an evidentiary hearing at which the applicant, to be successful, must prove by the preponderance of the evidence that such visitation is necessary to avoid harm to the affected sibling

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February 17, 2011 at 1:37 pm

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A biological or adoptive family may be ordered to permit third-party visitation where necessary to avoid harm to the child

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September 29, 2010 at 6:47 pm

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Instead of happiness, adoptions can lead to lawsuits

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April 27, 2010 at 1:32 pm

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