District Court, S.D. New York February 10, 1982, 75 Civ. 35 (Joyner v. Dumpson)

OPINION

GAGLIARDI, District Judge.

At issue in this action is the constitutionality of a New York statute, N.Y. Social Services Law § 358-a (McKinney Supp. 1980-1981), which requires that parents of children in need of treatment and supervision outside their homes relinquish custody of their children to the state as a condition

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of admission of the children to residential care facilities at