The question presented is whether the Surrogate's Court had the power to direct that payment should be made out of the funds of the infant, who had been committed to a private institution by an order of the Children's Court on a charge of delinquency, for the cost of the infant's support and maintenance at the institution.
Section 40 of the Children's Court Act authorizes the Children's Court...
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