Legal Opinion
In re Leon RR
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 23, 1979PublishedCited by 301 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Cooke.
This is a proceeding to terminate parental rights instituted by petitioner St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services on the ground that respondents’ youngest child, Leon, is permanently neglected (Social Services Law, § 384-b, subd 7). The threshold issue raised on the appeal concerns the propriety of the admission into evidence of the child’s entire case file by petitioner as a business record over the objection of the natural parents. Ultimately, it must be determined whether petitioner proved, by a fair preponderance of the evidence, that…
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