Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.
The principal issue here is whether there must be suppression of illegally seized evidence when the matter to be tried is a child protective proceeding under Family Court Act article 10. Upon weighing the likely deterrent effect of the exclusionary rule against its detrimental impact upon the fact-finding process and the State's enormous interest in protecting the welfare of children, we conclude that the rule should not be applied in such proceedings...
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