§ 111. Whose consent required. 1. Subject to the limitations\nhereinafter set forth consent to adoption shall be required as follows:\n (a) Of the adoptive child, if over fourteen years of age, unless the\njudge or surrogate in his discretion dispenses with such consent;\n (b) Of the parents or surviving parent, whether adult or infant, of a\nchild conceived or born in wedlock;\n (c) Of the mother, whether adult or infant, of a child born out of\nwedlock;\n (d) Of any person or authorized agency having lawful custody or\nguardianship of the adoptive child;\n (e) In the case of the adoption of a child transferred to the custody\nand guardianship of an authorized agency, foster parent, or relative\npursuant to section three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services\nlaw or a child transferred to the custody and guardianship of an\nauthorized agency pursuant to section three hundred eighty-three-c of\nthe social services law:\n (i) Of any person adjudicated by a court of this state or a court of\nany other state or territory of the United States to be the father of\nthe child prior to the filing of a petition to terminate parental rights\nto the child pursuant to section three hundred eighty-four-b of the\nsocial services law, an application to execute a judicial surrender of\nrights to the child pursuant to subdivision three of section three\nhundred eighty-three-c of the social services law, or an application for\napproval of an extra-judicial surrender pursuant to subdivision four of\nsection three hundred eighty-three-c of the social services law;\n (ii) Of any person who filed a petition in a court in this state\nseeking to be adjudicated the father of the child prior to the filing of\na petition to terminate parental rights to the child pursuant to section\nthree hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law, an application\nto execute a judicial surrender of rights to the child pursuant to\nsubdivision three of section three hundred eighty-three-c of the social\nservices law, or an application for approval of an extra-judicial\nsurrender pursuant to subdivision four of section three hundred\neighty-three-c of the social services law, provided that the parentage\npetition has been resolved in the petitioner's favor or remains pending\nat the conclusion of the proceedings pursuant to section three hundred\neighty-four-b, three hundred eighty-three-c, or three hundred\neighty-four of the social services law;\n (iii) Of any person who has executed an acknowledgment of parentage\npursuant to section one hundred eleven-k of the social services law,\nsection five hundred sixteen-a of the family court act, or section\nforty-one hundred thirty-five-b of the public health law prior to the\nfiling of a petition to terminate parental rights to the child pursuant\nto section three hundred eighty-four-b of the social services law, an\napplication to execute a judicial surrender of rights to the child\npursuant to subdivision three of section three hundred eighty-three-c of\nthe social services law, or an application for approval of an\nextra-judicial surrender pursuant to subdivision four of section three\nhundred eighty-three-c of the social services law, provided that such\nacknowledgement has not been vacated;\n (iv) Of any person who filed an unrevoked notice of intent to claim\nparentage of the child pursuant to section three hundred seventy-two-c\nof the social services law prior to the filing of a petition to\nterminate parental rights to the child pursuant to section three hundred\neighty-four-b of the social services law, an application to execute a\njudicial surrender of rights to the child pursuant to subdivision three\nof section three hundred eighty-three-c of the social services law, or\nan application for approval of an extra-judicial surrender pursuant to\nsubdivision four of section three hundred eighty-three-c of the social\nservices law;\n (f) In any other adoption proceeding:\n (i) Of the father, whe
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