People v. Harrington

OPINION OF THE COURT

Dan Lamont, J.

The indictment charges the defendant with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. The charges are that the defendant between the 1st day of July 1985 and the 24th day *1018of October 1985, being the parent of two children under 18 years of age, failed and refused to exercise reasonable diligence to prevent them from becoming neglected children.

The District Attorney has requested that these misdemeanor charges be transferred to the Schoharie County Family Court, upon the ground that the processes of the Family Court are appropriate and sufficient.

The…