MATTER OF DEP'T OF SOC SERVS. v. L.


236 A.D.2d 396 (1997)

653 N.Y.S.2d 633

In the Matter of Department of Social Services, on Behalf of Jessica L., Respondent, v. Sarah L., Respondent, and Josephine D. et al., Intervenors-Appellants

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

February 3, 1997


Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the matter is remitted to the Family Court, Nassau County, for a hearing before a different Judge in accordance herewith.

Pursuant to Family Court Act § 1055 (b) (ii) and (iii), the foster parents were entitled to notice and had the right to request a hearing and participate in this proceeding. Consequently, the Family Court erred when it refused to allow the foster parents to...

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