In re Cardinal

Herlihy, J. P.

Appeal by the natural parents of the alleged neglected children from a Family Court order which removed their children from their custody.

While there is a grave question whether the present record would sustain an order removing the subject children from the custody of their mother, there are other serious and prejudicial errors which require reversal and comment by this court.

Unless otherwise specified, all statutory references herein are contained in article 3 of the Family Court Act, captioned “ Neglect Proceedings ”.

Section 311 provides in part as follows: “This article is…