MATTER OF FISH v. HORN


14 N.Y.2d 905 (1964)

In the Matter of Lillian V. Fish, Respondent, v. Peter M. Horn, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 10, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Bloustein for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Philip Weinberg and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, FULD, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI and BERGAN concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The Family Court Act makes a distinction between a person adjudged a "juvenile delinquent" and a person adjudged a "person in need of supervision", a new category created for children previously classified as delinquent (though they had committed no crime) (Family Ct. Act, § 712, subds. [a], [b]). Persons so adjudicated are respectively accorded different dispositions. Adjudications for purposes of section...

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