MATTER OF KIM


58 N.Y.2d 811 (1983)

In the Matter of Kim W. and Others. John B. et al., Respondents; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided January 18, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Manning, Roy L. Reardon, Edward J. Nowak and John N. O'Shea for Spence-Chapin Services to Families and Children, appellant.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Trudi Mara Schleifer and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for Commissioner of Social Services, appellant.

Stanley A. Bass, Mark H. Spires and Patricia M. Callahan for respondents.

Susan Larabee, Lenore Gittis, Janet R. Fink and Kay McNally, Law Guardian.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, for the reasons stated by Justice ARTHUR MARKEWICH in his dissent at the Appellate Division. In addition we note that the question as to whether periodic court review presently required for children placed in foster homes (Social Services Law, § 392) should be extended to children placed for adoption, is the subject of recent study by...

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