Taff's Estate, In re
| Decision Date | 21 January 1970 |
| Citation | 306 N.Y.S.2d 849,61 Misc.2d 602 |
| Parties | In the Matter of the ESTATE of Charles TAFF, Sr., Deceased. Surrogate's Court, Erie County |
| Court | New York Surrogate Court |
Robert E. Casey, Jr., County Atty. (Betty Klein, Buffalo, of counsel), for George G. Sipprell, Com. of Erie County Dept. of Social Services.
H. Jarvis Turner, Buffalo, for respondent.
WILLIAM J. REGAN, Surrogate.
This is a proceeding by the Commissioner of the Erie County Department of Social Services against the Estate of Charles Taff, Sr. to compel payment of the County's claim of $5,015.06 for assistance rendered to Charles Taff, Jr., decedent's son, in the New York State Agricultural and Industrial School at Industry, New York.
Charles Taff, Jr. was committed to the school at Industry, New York as a person in need of supervision by an order of a judge of the Erie County Family Court and was there incarcerated from May 13, 1966 to February 5, 1967. In the Matter of the State of Tuttle, 37 Misc.2d 91, 92, 233 N.Y.S.2d 305, 306, the court said,
The Brodine Case above referred to is Matter of Brodine's Guardianship, 10 A.D.2d 414, 416, 200 N.Y.S.2d 199, 201, aff'd 13 N.Y.2d 734, 341 N.Y.S.2d 864, 191 N.E.2d 916. In that case the court said:
Former § 40 of the Children's Court Act is now § 233 of the Family Court Act. The courts have held that that section, together with the...
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