Wilson v. Family Court

This article 78 proceeding seeking an order of prohibition challenges the jurisdiction of the Family Court to entertain several cases before it, charging inducing truancy, harboring truants and interfering with a truant officer in violation of paragraphs a and b of subdivision 5 of section 3212 of the Education Law. The Family Court of the State of Neiv York, City of New York, cross-moves for an order dismissing the petition upon the ground that it fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a special proceeding under the provisions of article 78 of the CPLR, and more particularly upon the…