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MATTER OF LAVETTE M.

35 N.Y.2d 136 (1974)

In the Matter of Lavette M., a Person Alleged to be in Need of Supervision, Appellant. Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Respondent. In the Matter of Maurice C., a Person Alleged to be in Need of Supervision, Respondent. Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell I. Lynn and William E. Hellerstein for appellant in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Leonard Koerner and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding.

Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Susan S. Belkin and L. Kevin Sheridan of counsel), for appellant in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Russell I. Lynn and William E. Hellerstein for respondent in the second above-entitled proceeding.

Gary Glaser and Malcolm S. Goddard for New York State Division for Youth, amicus curiae.

Robert B. Keyes for New York State Board of Social Welfare, amicus curiae.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges GABRIELLI, JONES and WACHTLER concur; Judges RABIN and STEVENS taking no part.

JASEN, J.

In each of these cases we are asked to decide whether it is permissible to place a child adjudicated as a person in need of supervision (PINS) in a State training school for PINS children only.

Upon the petition of her mother, the Family Court adjudicated the appellant, Lavette M., then 13 years of age, a person in need of supervision (PINS), and placed her on probation for one year with a provision...

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