Legal Opinion
Hector M. v. Commissioner of Social Services
New York City Family Court
Decided January 22, 1980PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Aileen Haas Schwartz, J.
The far-reaching issue in this case is the legal effect of the social worker-client relationship in the client-parent’s challenge to section 384 of the Social Services Law, surrender agreement: does the social worker-client relationship per se mandate application of the doctrine of constructive fraud? Does the social worker-client relationship per se constitute a major factor in a cause of action sounding in actual fraud?
The facts sub judice present a troublesome and not uncommon pattern: an agency plan for adoption by particular individuals, which…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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