In re Milagros A.W.
May 27, 2015OUTCOME: Reversed by the Appellate Division
Father was found to have neglected his child by the Family Court.
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OUTCOME: Reversed by the Appellate Division
Father was found to have neglected his child by the Family Court.
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed - Child Returned to Parent
A.C..S. charged father with abusing his child because child presented at a hospital with a fractured skull.
OUTCOME: Reversed by the Appellate Division
Mother was denied by the Family Court of her right to a hearing to an immediate return of her child that was removed by A.C.S.
OUTCOME: Affirmed by the NYS Court of Appeals
Father was equitably estopped from denying that a child was legally his after holding the child out as his own for over seven years.