PEOPLE EX REL. BACKUS v. BROOME COUNTY DEP'T OF SOC SERVS.


240 A.D.2d 786 (1997)

658 N.Y.S.2d 709

The People of the State of New York ex rel. Charles Backus, Iii, Appellant, v. Broome County Department of Social Services et al., Respondents

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

June 5, 1997


Cardona, P. J.

Petitioner, the putative father of a male child born in October 1989 to an unwed 14-year-old mother, seeks to overturn the dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to secure custody of the child.1 The record indicates that the child was removed from the care of the mother soon after his birth. The mother admitted neglecting her son and he was placed...

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