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Placement Of Children In Religiously Affiliated Foster Care Held Not Violative Of Establishment Clause Where State Acts In Loco Parentis To Meet Free Excercise Rights Of Children. Wilder V. Sugarman, 385 F. Supp. 1013 (S.D.N.Y. 1974) (Per Curiam)., Richard F. Nacchio

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The New York State Constitution provides for the assignment of foster children to "an institution or agency governed by persons, or in the custody of a person, of the same religious persuasion as the child." It likewise empowers the state to reimburse foster care institutions for the expense of caring for the children. Plaintiffs, six children for whom guardians were appointed, sought a declaratory judgment that provisions of the New York State Constitution and statutes implementing these constitutional provisions violate the first, eighth, and fourteenth amendments of the United States Constitution. Defendants were public agencies and officials responsible for the …