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DEPT. OF WELFARE OF CITY OF N. Y. v. SIEBEL

6 N.Y.2d 536 (1959)

Department of Welfare of the City of New York, Appellant, v. Margaret J. Siebel, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Tenney, Corporation Counsel (Edward A. Doberman and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for appellant.

Robert V. Rafter for respondent.

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

Chief Judge CONWAY.

This case presents the question whether a stepmother may be compelled to contribute to the expense incurred by the City of New York because of the maintenance of her stepson, who is a public charge having been committed to a school for delinquents, it appearing (a) that the stepmother had knowledge of the child's existence at the time of her marriage to the child's father and (b) that the father...

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