People ex rel. Broomfield v. Schall

OPINION OF THE COURT

Edward H. Lehner, J.

On this application for a writ of habeas corpus the Law Guardian of Benny C. Watts requests his release on the *847assertion that Family Court Judge Irene J. Duffy improperly adjourned the dispositional hearing beyond the 10-day period authorized in Family Court Act § 350.1 without there being "good cause” for such adjournment as required therein.

Respondent had been voluntarily placed in a group home (St. Mary’s of the Angels in Syosset) by his mother. On July 9, 1986, in Family Court in Nassau County, he admitted that he "did attempt to intentionally…