In re Stanton

This case illustrates the different, at times conflicting, functions of this specialized, but limited jurisdiction, court and of the New York Supreme Court and the need for integrated, adequately implemented Family Courts of comprehensive jurisdiction over all justiciable issues affecting child welfare. (See editorial N. Y. L. J., Nov. 21,1952, p. 1238, col. 1; March 9 and 16,1950, Va. L. Weekly, and articles by Judge Paul W. Alexander in Sept. 1952 Conn. Bar Journal; Aug. 1952 Jour, of Amer. Judicature Soc., and Sept. 1952 Federal Probation, p. 24.)

On June 13,1952, Justice Polier adjudicated…