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MATTER OF GREER v. WING

95 N.Y.2d 676 (2001)

746 N.E.2d 178

723 N.Y.S.2d 123

In the Matter of TERESA GREER et al., Appellants, v. BRIAN J. WING, as Acting Commissioner of the New York State Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 15, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Legal Aid Society, New York City (Judith Goldiner, Helaine Barnett, Steven Banks and Scott A. Rosenberg of counsel), and Sive, Paget & Reisel, P. C. (Kate Sinding of counsel), for appellants.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Marion R. Buchbinder and Robert A. Forte of counsel), for Brian J. Wing, respondent.

Judges SMITH, LEVINE, CIPARICK, WESLEY and ROSENBLATT concur; Judge GRAFFEO taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge KAYE.

Petitioners—Teresa and Cynthia Greer, and Sandra Greer Smith—are sisters who care for the four minor children of another sister, Rhonda Greer. After Rhonda Greer abandoned three of the children, they were removed from her home in late 1985 by the New York City Human Resources Administration's Child Welfare Administration (now the Administration for Children...

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