Bennett v. Jeffreys

New York Court of Appeals · Decided 1976-09-21

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Chief Judge Breitel. Petitioner is the natural mother of Gina Marie Bennett, now an eight-year-old girl. The mother in *544 this proceeding seeks custody of her daughter from respondent, to whom the child had been entrusted since just after birth. Family Court ruled that, although the mother had not surrendered or abandoned the child and was not unfit, the child should rem…

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