MATTER OF STOOPS v. PERALES


117 A.D.2d 7 (1986)

In the Matter of Victoria Stoops, Petitioner, v. Cesar A. Perales, as Commissioner of The New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents

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

April 24, 1986


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Weiner for petitioner.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Patrick Barnett-Mulligan and William J. Kogan of counsel), for Cesar A. Perales, respondent.

Jeffrey J. Deleski and Eugene P. Devine for John J. Fahey, respondent.

KANE, J. P., MIKOLL, YESAWICH, JR., and LEVINE, JJ., concur.


CASEY, J.

Petitioner contends that a report of suspected child abuse or maltreatment, filed and maintained in a central register pursuant to Social Services Law, article 6, title 6, must be expunged. She argues that a single incident of a parent leaving two young children unattended for a short time cannot constitute maltreatment, that the finding that the children were unattended is not supported by substantial...

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