Greer v. Wing

OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge Kaye.

Petitioners — Teresa and Cynthia Greer, and Sandra Greer Smith — are sisters who care for the four minor children of another sister, Rhonda Greer. After Rhonda Greer abandoned three of the children, they were removed from her home in late 1985 by the New York City Human Resources Administration’s Child Welfare Administration (now the Administration for Children’s Services, or ACS) and, in 1986, were placed with Teresa and Cynthia Greer. In 1991, Rhonda gave birth to, and abandoned, a fourth child, who was then placed with Sandra Greer Smith. Commencing in…