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PEOPLE EX REL. PORTNOY v. STRASSER

303 N.Y. 539 (1952)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Mollie Portnoy, Respondent, v. Ann Strasser, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 13, 1952

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Epstein, Bennett D. Brown, Mildred Roth and Hope R. Stevens for appellant.

Osmond K. Fraenkel for New York City Committee of the American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiæ, in support of appellant's position.

George H. Cohen for New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, amicus curiæ, in support of appellant's position.

Moses Kaplan for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., LEWIS, CONWAY, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

DESMOND, J.

The order appealed from directs that Robin Strasser, born May 7, 1945, be taken from the custody of defendant, her mother, and delivered to the custody of relator, the child's maternal grandmother, the mother being allowed by the order to have the child, during daytime hours, on Saturday and Sunday of each week. The petition for habeas corpus, which commenced this proceeding, alleged that it was against...

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