Zambrotto v. Jannette

The respondents are charged with violating subdivision 2 of section 61 of the Domestic Relations Court Act of the City of New York. Prior to 1936 that subdivision and section limited the Domestic Relations Court “ to try, hear and determine any charge or offense, less than the grade of a felony, against any parent, or other person in loco parentis to such child, involving an act or omission in respect to such child in violation of any law of the State or ordinance of the city of New York, or which has or is alleged to have contributed to the delinquency, neglect or dependency of any such…