In re Hazelton

Appeal from an order of Children’s Court, St. Lawrence County. The mother of three children, ages eight, six and four, appeals from an order of the Children’s Court which vests custody of the children in the Commissioner of Public Welfare. There was no finding that the children were neglected, abandoned or delinquent, nor that the mother was unfit to have custody of her children. The jurisdiction of Children’s Court extends to eases where infants are neglected, abandoned or delinquent, as defined in the Children’s Court Act (People ex rel. Malcolm v. Malcolm, 281 App. Div. 714; Matter of…