MATTER OF OTIS A.


89 Misc.2d 109 (1976)

In the Matter of Otis A. and Others, Children Alleged to be Neglected. Joann A., Respondent.

Family Court, Kings County.

December 7, 1976


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Bernard Richland, Corporation Counsel (Dagmar Dippell of counsel), for Commissioner of Social Services. Charles Schinitsky and Meyer I. Goldstein for Otis A. and others. Steven M. Bernstein and Deborah Lynn Davis for Kim A., copetitioner. Ross M. Branca for respondent.


STANLEY GARTENSTEIN, J.

The surprising aspect of this decision holding in contempt the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York — and that is the decision of the court — is not that this action, which has been so richly earned, is being taken, but that such remarkable judicial restraint has been shown by the court in not doing so until now. Perhaps this restraint, which is consonant...

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