Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1976

Abbott House v. Barbara J.

Abbott House v. Barbara J.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided December 6, 1976
55 A.D.2d 604; 389 N.Y.S.2d 550; 1976 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 15316
Abbott House v. Barbara J.

Opinion of the Court

In a proceeding pursuant to section 384 of the Social Services Law and article 6 of the Family Court Act, the appeal is from an order of the Family Court, Kings County, dated February 13, 1976, which, after a hearing, inter alia, dismissed the petition and ordered that arrangements be made to discharge the child. Order reversed, without costs or disbursements, and proceeding remanded to the Family Court for a new hearing on the issue of the best interests of the infant (see Matter of Bennett v Jeffreys, 40 NY2d 543). Margett, Acting P. J., Rabin, Hawkins and Mollen, JJ., concur.

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