PAUL B.S. v. PAMELA J.S.


70 N.Y.2d 739 (1987)

Paul B. S., Respondent, v. Pamela J. S., Respondent. Legal Aid Society, as Law Guardian for Jessica S., an Infant, Intervenor-Respondent. In the Matter of Paul B. S., as Father of Jessica S., an Infant, Respondent, v. Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Appellant, and Pamela J. S. et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Jessica S., an Infant. Paul B. S., Respondent; Commissioner of Social Services of the City of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided September 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Trudi Mara Schleifer and Francis F. Caputo of counsel), for appellant.

Paul Frohman for Paul S., respondent.

Patricia Nevergold and Lenore Gittis for intervenor-respondent.

Pamela J. S., respondent pro se.

Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

Supreme Court's concurrent jurisdiction over child abuse proceedings is unaffected by the grant of "exclusive original jurisdiction" to Family Court over such proceedings (see, NY Const, art VI, § 7; Family Ct Act §§ 114, 1013; Kagen v Kagen, 21 N.Y.2d 532, 538). The question...

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