Peters v. McCaffrey

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Kahn, J.), entered July 2, 1991 in Albany County, which granted petitioners’ application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to annul a determination of respondent refusing to renew petitioners’ foster parent certificate.

Petitioners were certified by the Albany County Department of Social Services (hereinafter Albany County DSS) as foster parents in 1987.-In 1989, one of the children placed in their home by the Albany County DSS ran away and reported to the agency various acts of misconduct by petitioners, which constituted violations of…