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Casenote, Constitutional Law--Equal Protection--New York Statute Requiring Consent Of Mother, But Not Of Father, As Prerequisite To Adoption Of Illegitimate Child Violates The Fourteenth Amendment Because It Draws Gender-Based Distinction Which Bears No Substantial Relation To State Interest In Encouraging Adoption Of Illegitimate Children--Caban V. Mohammed, 441 U.S. 380 (1979), Mary F. Radford

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Constitutional Law - Fourteenth Amendment - Equal Protection Clause - Adoption - Rights Of Putative Fathers, Ronald J. Rademacher

Duquesne Law Review

The United States Supreme Court has held that a New York statute providing that a natural mother could withhold her consent to the adoption of her child, but denying the same right to an unwed father, violates the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.

Caban v. Mohammed, 99 S. Ct. 1760 (1979).