MATTER OF IDA DENISE W.


77 Misc.2d 374 (1974)

In the Matter of Ida Denise W.

Family Court, New York County.

March 29, 1974


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adrian P. Burke, Corporation Counsel (Franklin E. White and Dorothy Elfenbein of counsel), for Commissioner of Social Services. Bernard Dworkin for biological parent. Sol H. Sleppin for Ida Denise W. Edward R. Dudley, Jr., for foster parents. Bleakley, Platt, Schmidt & Fritz (Michael B. Heckman of counsel), for Speedwell Services for Children.


STANLEY GARTENSTEIN, J.

The celebrated case of People ex rel. Scarpetta v. Spence-Chapin Adoption Serv. (28 N.Y.2d 185) was decided by the Court of Appeals on April 7, 1971. Looking past the rhetoric and headlines it generated, the results brought into focus an area of jurisprudence concerning the rights of foster parents which required study by the Legislature. When all the furor was quieted, this labor commenced...

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