Legal Opinion
Mundie v. Nassau County Department of Social Services
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1976PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph A. Suozzi, J.
By this writ, the petitioners, who are foster parents, seek the return of a four-year-old child who was placed with them for prospective adoption by the Nassau County Department of Social Services (hereinafter "the department”), to whom the natural parents had surrendered custody. The child was placed with them on March 14, 1975 after the petitioners had been approved as adoptive parents following investigation and observation over a protracted period. This child remained in their care, under periodic supervision and review by a caseworker, until December 11, 1975 when he was removed.
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Riesner v. New York Nursery & Child's HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- In re Jewish Child Care Ass'nNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- People ex rel. Converse v. DerrickNew York Supreme Court · 1933
- In re Ida Denise W.New York City Family Court · 1974
- Kurtis v. Don BallouAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People Ex Rel. Ninesling v. Nassau County Department of Social ServicesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- In re Foster Care Status of WalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- In re RedingerNew York City Family Court · 1980
- People Ex Rel. Ninesling v. Nassau County Department of Social ServicesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978