In re Jewish Child Care Association

Appeal from an order sustaining a writ of habeas corpus and directing appellants to return an infant

*699to the custody of respondent. Order affirmed, without costs. Respondent as an authorized agency, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Welfare of the City of New York, is vested by legislative enactment with the right to the custody of the infant (Social Welfare Law, § 383, subd. 2; Administrative Code of City of New York, §§ 603-1.0, 603-2.0). These statutes constitute a valid exercise of the Legislature’s reserved power over infants, responsibility for whose custody devolves upon the…