Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Portnoy v. Strasser

New York Court of Appeals

Decided March 13, 1952PublishedCited by 106 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.

The order appealed from directs that Robin Strasser, born May 7,1945, be taken from the custody of defendant, her mother, and delivered to the custody of relator, the child’s maternal grandmother, the mother being allowed by the order to have the child, during daytime hours, on Saturday and Sunday of each week. The petition for habeas corpus, which commenced this proceeding, alleged that it was against the best interests of the infant to permit her to live with her mother since, according to the petition, the mother is unable properly to maintain and rear the child, that the mother is a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Meyer v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
  2. Pierce v. Society of SistersSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  3. In Re the Application for Letters of Guardianship of the Person & Property of ThorneNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
  4. Bunim v. BunimNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
  5. MATTER OF ZORACH v. ClausonNew York Court of Appeals · 1951

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3Cited by106 opinions

  1. Eschbach v. EschbachNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
  2. Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  3. People ex rel. Kropp v. ShepskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
  4. Perales v. NinoOhio Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Cooper v. MorinNew York Court of Appeals · 1979

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