Case Name: In the Matter of Valarie Proal, Petitioner, v. James E. Kirby, as Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1981-03-16
Citations: 80 A.D.2d 874
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Valarie Proal, Petitioner, v James E. Kirby, as Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 80
Pages: 874–874

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Valarie Proal, Petitioner, v James E. Kirby, as Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Social Services, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the respondent State Commissioner of Social Services, dated December 11, 1979 and made after a statutory fair hearing, which affirmed a determination of the local agency to discontinue a grant of aid to dependent children for one of petitioner's minor children on the ground that said child was not deprived of parental support or care. Determination confirmed and proceeding dismissed on the merits, without costs or disbursements. On the record considered as a whole, the determination is supported by substantial evidence. Titone, J.P., Rabin, Margett and Weinstein, JJ., concur.