Welfare Commissioner v. Anonymous

The proceedings leading to the present appeal began with petitions of the commissioner of welfare, hereinafter referred to as the commissioner, to the Juvenile Court. In the petitions, which were dated in 1974, the commissioner alleged that each of the defendants’ four children was then “uncared-for in that: He [or She] is homeless. The [defendant] mother is presently an inmate at Mantie Women’s Prison. The [defendant] father is living alone and working full time. . . . [His] income and circumstances do not permit him to provide a home for his children.” The father admitted the allegations of…