MATTER OF YVETTE R.


61 Misc.2d 20 (1969)

In the Matter of Yvette R. et al., Children under 16 Years of Age Alleged to be Neglected. In the Matter of Stephen S. et al., Children under 16 Years of Age Alleged to be Neglected. In the Matter of Carlos H. et al., Children under 16 Years of Age Alleged to be Neglected.

Family Court, Juvenile Term, Bronx County.

October 21, 1969


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert St. Clair Morgan, Gerald Goldfeder, Robert P. Mason and Burke Probitsky for petitioners. Charles Schinitsky and Irene Merker Rosenber for allegedly neglected children in each case. J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel (David S. Gottesman of counsel), for New York City Commissioner of Social Services, respondent.


JOSEPH S. DEUTSCH, J.

The three petitions herein present, in a very sympathetic framework, the question of jurisdiction of the Family Court over the Commissioner of Social Services as a respondent in a child neglect proceeding brought pursuant to article 3 of the Family Court Act.

The petitioner in each case is a mother. In substance, they allege that their children are neglected children due to the failure and refusal of the Commissioner of Social...

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