Case Name: In the Matter of Deborah Stokes. Joan Stokes, Respondent-Appellant; Stanley Brezenoff, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Appellant; Jose Ruiz et al., Intervenors-Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-12-11
Citations: 77 A.D.2d 492
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Deborah Stokes. Joan Stokes, Respondent-Appellant; Stanley Brezenoff, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Appellant; Jose Ruiz et al., Intervenors-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 492–495

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Deborah Stokes. Joan Stokes, Respondent-Appellant; Stanley Brezenoff, as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services, Appellant; Jose Ruiz et al., Intervenors-Respondents.
First Department,
December 11, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Gary R. Connor and Paula Galowitz of counsel (Arnold Rothbaum and Morton B. Dicker, attorneys), for respondent-appellant.
Helene Holmes of counsel (Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel, attorney), for appellant.
Thomas P. Burke, Law Guardian.
Barry K. Mallin for Jose Ruiz and another, intervenors-respondents.
Frederick J. Magovern for Catholic Home Bureau, intervenor-respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kupferman, J.
We would affirm the order of the Family Court on the careful and thoughtful opinion and findings of fact and conclusions of law of Dembitz, J. (Matter of Deborah S., 100 Misc 2d 485).
This matter has gone on much too long. There is no dispute about the fact that the mother is not qualified and that the Ruiz family is qualified and desires to have the child. We do not need another hearing.
Accordingly, the order of the Family Court, New York County (Dembitz, J.), entered on June 11, 1979, should be affirmed without costs and without disbursements.