Legal Opinion
In re Sheena D.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 13, 2007PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
In this appeal we are asked to decide whether, pursuant to article 10 of the Family Court Act, Family Court had the authority to issue orders of protection in favor of respondent father’s children until they reached the age of 18, as the fact-finding dispositional order incorporating the orders of protection had no expiration date. We conclude that Family Court was without authority to set the duration of the orders of protection as it did.
The Department of Social Services (DSS) filed a petition under article 10 of the Family Court Act alleging that Darwin F.…
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- In re Commissioner of Social ServicesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1996
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