Legal Opinion

In re Ellery C.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided July 2, 1973PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Chief Judge Fulo.

The appellant, Ellery C., now 16 years old, was adjudged a person in need of supervision (PINS) on the application of his mother in March of 1971. About a year later, the Family Court (Kings County), on recommendation of the Probation Department, sent him to the New York State Training School at Otisville.1 The Appellate Division, by a closely divided vote, affirmed that disposition (40 A D 2d 862).

Until 1962, a child who committed acts which now warrant his adjudication as a person in need of supervision was treated as a juvenile delinquent (former Children’s Ct. Act, § 2,…

2Cases cited1 opinion

Lollis v. New York State Department of Social ServicesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970

3Cited by29 opinions

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State Ex Rel . Harris v. CalendineWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
McRedmond v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
In re Lorie C.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
L. A. M. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976

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