State v. Wingate

— In a proceeding pursuant to section 384-b of the Social Services Law, inter alia, to declare Norma Jean K. a permanently neglected child, which was consolidated with a habeas corpus proceeding brought by the natural mother of Norma Jean for the return of the child, the mother appeals from an order of the Family Court, Orange County, dated September 21, 1979, which after a hearing, inter alia, determined that Norma Jean was a *920permanently neglected child, awarded custody of the child to the Commissioner of the Department of Social Services and empowered the commissioner to consent to the…