MTR. OF JEWISH CHILD CARE ASSN. (SANDERS)


5 N.Y.2d 222 (1959)

In the Matter of Jewish Child Care Association of New York, Respondent. Seymour Sanders et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert M. Goldberg for appellants.

Helen L. Buttenwieser and Chester T. Lane for respondent.

Judges DESMOND, FULD and BURKE concur with Chief Judge CONWAY; Judge DYE dissents in an opinion in which Judge VAN VOORHIS concurs and in which Judge FROESSEL concurs in a separate opinion.


Chief Judge CONWAY.

The purpose of this habeas corpus proceeding is to determine the custody of Laura Neuberger, an infant who is now about five and a half years old. About four and a half years of her short life have been spent in the home of the appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Sanders. Appellants are not related to Laura, nor do they have legal custody. They have her on a temporary foster parent basis pursuant to an...

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