Legal Opinion
People ex rel. Calvert v. Schall
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 11, 1987PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Norman C. Ryp, J.
A. ISSUE
Whether juvenile, detained for 21 days for failure of New York City agencies to be ready for 20 days is entitled to habeas corpus relief where Family Court Judge adjourns the dispositional hearing an additional 10 days for "special circumstances” under Family Court Act § 350.1 (5), based solely upon juvenile’s absconding a nonsecure detention facility for 13 hours? Yes! An issue of first impression under the 1983 Family Court Act!
B. PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS
Upon this writ of habeas corpus, petitioner Elizabeth Stuart Calvert, the Law Guardian of…
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- People ex rel. Broomfield v. SchallNew York Supreme Court · 1986
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