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MATTER OF SPENCE-CHAPIN ADOPTION SERV. v. POLK

29 N.Y.2d 651 (1971)

In the Matter of Spence-Chapin Adoption Service, Respondent, v. Herbert Polk et al., Appellants. The People of the State of New York ex rel. Leo H. Barry, Respondent, v. Spence-Chapin Adoption Service et al., Respondents, and Herbert Polk et al., Appellants. Memorandum of Chief Judge Fuld Granting a Stay

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided August 31, 1971.

Chief Judge FULD.

On July 6, 1971, the Appellate Division entered an order reversing the determination of the Family Court, sustained the writ of habeas corpus sued out by the petitioners-respondents and directed the foster parents, the respondents-appellants Herbert and Pearl Polk, to deliver the child Angela to the petitioner-respondent, The Spence-Chapin Adoption Service, that it might, in turn, deliver the child to its natural mother. The appellants...

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