MATTER OF WILSON


98 A.D.2d 666 (1983)

In the Matter of Trina Wilson and Another. Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

December 20, 1983


Although in no way condoning the failure of the Bureau of Child Welfare (now known as the Office of Special Services for Children) to initiate termination proceedings, as directed, we vacate the order to show cause seeking to hold the Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York in contempt for said failure in accordance with our decision in Matter of Murray (98 A.D.2d 93). The Family Court lacks the power to treat a violation...

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