In re Baum

Arthur J. Abrams J.

This is a proceeding under article 10 of the Family Court Act in which the respondent, Jeanne Baum, is charged by Robert E. Bay, attendance supervisor of Middle Country School District No. 11, Suffolk County, New York, with neglecting her 13-year-old daughter, Elizabeth (Siba) Baum, in failing to send her to public school. The petition alleges that respondent, "has without just cause or valid reason, withheld said child from attendance at the Selden Junior High School in the following days of the current school year: September 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22,…