In re Bonez

In 1962 the Legislature, in enacting the new Family Court Act, imposed the requirement that when children were placed away from their homes by this court, placement could be extended only on regular judicial review.1 The comments of the Joint Legislative Committee on Court Beorganization note that: 1 ‘ This section is designed to assure an annual review of a placement and establishes a technique for *902holding the agency accountable for its treatment of the child and its program.”2

The care of the three children in these proceedings for whom extended placement was requested by the agencies with…