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MATTER OF DAMON A.

61 N.Y.2d 77 (1983)

In the Matter of Damon A. Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York et al., Respondents. Marcia R. Lowry, Guardian ad Litem, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Starr and Rochelle Feder Hansen for appellant.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (June A. Witterschein and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for Commissioner of Social Services, respondent.

Daniel L. Greenberg, Norman Siegel and Louise Gruner Gans for Adele C., respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER, SIMONS and KAYE concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

This appeal arises out of a petition for approval of a voluntary transfer of custody of Damon A. from his maternal grandmother to petitioner Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York. The proceeding was instituted in Family Court pursuant to section 358-a of the Social Services Law. The petition was approved. In doing so, however, Family Court included in the order a directive that the Department...

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