Legal Opinion

In re Lillie Mae W.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 24, 1986PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Order unanimously reversed on the law without costs, petition to terminate parental rights dismissed, and matter remitted to Monroe County Family Court for a hearing on the habeas corpus petition, in accordance with the following memorandum: Petitioner obtained a writ of habeas corpus requiring production of her children Lesa and Christina in Family Court on September 19, 1983. She claimed that they were illegally withheld because she had properly revoked a voluntary placement for an indefinite time pursuant to Social Services Law § 384-a and she sought their immediate return. Inexplicably…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. In re LeeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. People ex rel. Anne N. v. Nassau County Department of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989

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