In re Lloyd

In this Family Court proceeding the appellant was adjudged a person in need of supervision and ordered to be placed in the Otisville Training School for a period of up to 18 months. There is little doubt that in so ordering the learned Family Court Judge was doing the best that he could for the appellant in a well-nigh impossible situation and one with which he never should have been faced. Frankly, we also are at a loss, and the disposition made is in the hope that conditions have so improved that a more suitable solution is possible.

The appellant, now just 15 years of age, together with his…