PEOPLE EX REL. McGAFFIN v. FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERV. OF ALBANY, INC.


3 A.D.2d 633 (1956)

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Joan McGaffin, Also Known as Joan Romano, Appellant, v. Family and Children's Service of Albany, Inc., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

December 20, 1956


The petition, by the natural mother of the infant, alleges, in substance, that petitioner surrendered the child to the respondent agency under circumstances which she contends renders the surrender null and void, and that the child is being illegally detained. A writ was issued directing the production of the child, together with the cause of detention. The return to the writ, which is not traversed, alleges that the child was placed for adoption by respondent, and that on...

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