Report of the Probation Commission of the State of New York

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Brandow Print. Company, State legislative printer, 1906 - 300 pages

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Page 186 - Upon the filing of petition, a summons shall issue, requiring the person having custody or control of the child, or with whom the child may be...
Page 210 - ... it shall be the duty of the said probation officer to make such investigation as may be required by the court; to be present in court in order to represent the interests of the child when the case is heard; to furnish to the court such information and assistance as the judge may require; and to take such charge of any child before and after trial as may be directed by the court.
Page 226 - This act shall be liberally construed to the end that its purpose may be carried out, to wit : that the care, custody, and discipline of a child shall approximate, as nearly as may be, that which should be given by its parents...
Page 208 - ... judgment has been pronounced and the execution thereof has been suspended, the court may revoke such suspension...
Page 211 - In any case where the court shall award a dependent child to the care of any association or individual in accordance with the provisions of this act, the child shall unless otherwise ordered become a ward and be subject to the guardianship of the association or individual to whose care it is committed.
Page 218 - ... or whose home, by reason of neglect, cruelty or depravity on the part of its parents, guardian or other person in whose care it may be, is an unfit place for such...
Page 197 - ... annually to the district attorney, and the clerk of the court of special sessions of the city and county, of New York and the county clerk shall distribute the copies of this title and of such forms and instructions accordingly, and when said county clerk is not a salaried officer his disbursements and compensation for his services under this act shall be a county charge.. The expense of the secretary of state in publishing this title and distributing copies thereof, and of such forms and instructions...
Page 157 - ... probation officer and the further order of the court ; or it may authorize the child to be boarded out in some suitable family home, in case provision is made by voluntary...
Page 168 - When any child under the age of sixteen (16) years shall be found to be dependent or neglected within the meaning of this act, the court may make an order committing...
Page 248 - Territory for preliminary examination, charged with the commission of any crime therein, and where it appears from the evidence that a crime has been committed, and that there is probable cause to believe the accused guilty thereof...

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