1. Did the New York courts ' decisions to deprive
a child 's only living natural parent of physical and
legal custody of his child, while granting such to a
maternal non-parent relative, violate the parent and
his child 's constitutionally protected fundamental and
natural (as opposed to state granted) rights?

2. Is the scope of fundamental and natural rights
a substantial constitutional issue?

3. Was there "clear and convincing " evidence of
extraordinary circumstances in the record sufficient
to terminate Lehmann 's parental rights at the time
of the closing of the record?

Did the New York courts' decisions violate the parent and his child's constitutionally protected fundamental-rights,natural-rights