MATTER OF TRENT R.


123 Misc.2d 688 (1984)

In the Matter of Trent R., a Person Alleged to be a Juvenile Delinquent, Respondent.

Family Court, New York County.

April 3, 1984


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenore Gittis and Thomas Curtis for respondent. Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Arlene Greenlinger of counsel), for petitioner.


BRUCE M. KAPLAN, J.

With the enactment of article 3 of the Family Court Act the Legislature attempted to codify those specific due process standards that accreted to juvenile delinquency proceedings over the last two decades. This epoch commenced with the Supreme Court's decision in Matter of Gault (387 U.S. 1) ending the 30-year interregnum of the parens patriae philosophy exemplified in People v Lewis...

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