In re Sampson

In affirming the qualified' court. direction to operate on the then 15-year-old child over the mother’s religious objections, two observations only need be added to the exhaustive opinion at the Family Court. The holding by this court in Matter of Seiferth (309 N. Y. 80) did hot limit to drastic or mortal circumstances the statutory power of the Family Court or like court in neglect proceedings to .order.necessary surgery. In the Seiferth case the court was obliged to choose between the findings of the Children’s Court and that of the Appellate Division on how best to exercise a court’s…