MATTER OF DARLENE T.


28 N.Y.2d 391 (1971)

In the Matter of Darlene T., a Child under Sixteen Years of Age Alleged to be Neglected.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 26, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip C. Pinsky and Leonard C. Koldin for Onondaga County Department of Social Services, appellant.

David D. Kerman and Barbara B. Gregg for respondent.

Judges BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON concur with Judge SCILEPPI; Chief Judge FULD and Judge BURKE dissent and vote to affirm.


SCILEPPI, J.

The Family Court of Onondaga County has adjudicated Darlene T. "a neglected child" pursuant to former article 3 of the Family Court Act. Among the findings supportive of that adjudication the court determined that the mother had left her daughter "unattended under circumstances dangerous to her welfare"; that the mother "did entertain men in her apartment in the presence of Darlene", and that the...

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