MATTER OF ANDREW R.


115 Misc.2d 937 (1982)

In the Matter of Andrew R., a Person Alleged to be in Need of Supervision.

Family Court, Richmond County.

October 7, 1982


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Archibald H. Broomfield of counsel), for petitioner. Lenore Gittis and Rhoda J. Cohen, Law Guardians.


DANIEL D. LEDDY, JR., J.

In dismissing the instant person in need of supervision (PINS) proceeding this court holds that 13-year-old Andrew R. was legally justified in resisting his parents' efforts to return him to foster care against his will. Reaching this decision, the court concludes that his placement at Hawthorne Cedar Knolls (Hawthorne) for over seven months under a so-called voluntary placement without...

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