People ex rel. McGaffin v. Family & Children's Service

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court entered in Albany County on July 17,1956, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus. The petition, by the natural mother of the infant, alleges, in substance, that petitioner surrendered the child to the respondent agency under circumstances which she contends renders the surrender null and void, and that the child is being illegally detained. A writ was issued directing the production of the child, together with the cause of detention. The return to the writ, which is not traversed, alleges that the child was placed for adoption by respondent, and that on…