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MATTER OF LOUIS F.

42 N.Y.2d 260 (1977)

In the Matter of Louis F. Joan Moschera et al., Appellants; Catholic Home Bureau et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Goldfeder and Sherry J. Sandler for appellants.

David H. Berman and Frederick J. Magovern for Catholic Home Bureau, respondent.

Robert Schnapp and Marvin A. Pollak for Diana Flores, respondent.

Marcia Robinson Lowry, William J. Toppeta and Steven R. Shapiro for Children's Rights Project, New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

Marttie L. Thompson and Louise Gruner Gans for Community Action for Legal Services, Inc., amicus curiae.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

At issue is the extent to which foster parents, in proceedings under section 392 of the Social Services Law, should have access to the confidential records kept by authorized child care agencies concerning the child and his natural parents.

The mother of Louis F. voluntarily entrusted him, four months after he was born, to the New York City Department of Social Services for foster care. Three and...

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