Legal Opinion
In re Rita N.
New York Family Court
Decided October 13, 1983PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*2OPINION OF THE COURT
Kevin C. Fogarty, J.
In these pending proceedings the petitioners, aunts, uncles and paternal and maternal grandparents, have all filed petitions for varying reasons, viz., to enter military service free of custody of their child,2 to obtain Social Security benefits, to enter a child into school,3 to acquire insurance coverage, or to have authority to sign for possible medical service at some future date. The natural parents are in each of these cases petitioners who have been referred to the Family Court as the “court of common convenience” which will as the testimony…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Lincoln v. LincolnNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
- Bunim v. BunimNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Matter of StuartNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Allen v. FiedlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- In re the Guardianship of Baby K.New York Surrogate's Court · 2001
- Allen v. FiedlerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012