MATTER OF BENNETT v. COLLINS


111 A.D.2d 328 (1985)

In the Matter of Robert J. Bennett, as Director of The Nassau County Department of Probation, et al., Respondents, v. Patricia D. Collins, as a Judge of The Family Court of the County of Nassau, Appellant

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

May 20, 1985


Judgment modified, on the law and as a matter of discretion, by vacating that portion which granted the petition, converting the proceeding to a declaratory judgment action and, upon so doing, declaring that the Department of Probation is precluded by Family Court Act § 1047 (b) from furnishing the Family Court with a report in a neglect proceeding prior to the completion of a fact-finding hearing. As so modified, judgment affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

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