The following excerpt is from Matter of Adler, 202 Misc. 1100 (N.Y. Surr. Ct. 1952):
parent's death and not those conferred at the time of the adoption (Carpenter v. Buffalo General Elec. Co., 213 N.Y. 101; Matter of Whitcomb, 170 Misc. 579; Matter of Gallaudet, 135 Misc. 163).
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