Department of Welfare v. "Mary Mallory"

The order of the Family Court reviewed on this appeal involves the apportionment of the cost of maintaining at public expense “Bernice Mallory”, a girl of 15 whose parents are divorced, and who has been placed at Pleasantville Cottage School because of a psychological problem. To protect the privacy of the members of the family in the spirit of section 166 of the Family Court Act the names of the child and parents mentioned in this opinion are fictitious. The expense to the Department of Welfare of the City of New York for such care is $94.50 a week. Pursuant to section 102 of the Social…