N.Y. Social Services Law § 472-j: Custody of children, how acquired; notice to corporation

§ 472-j. Custody of children, how acquired; notice to corporation.

The corporation shall be deemed to have acquired lawful care and custody

of any child between the ages of six and eighteen years who shall have

been surrendered to it by its parent or guardian; provided that such

surrender is evidenced by a writing executed by such parent or guardian

setting forth the name and age of the child, the date of surrender, and

the term for which such surrender is made, and expressly vesting in the

corporation all the powers and control over the child of which such

parent or guardian was possessed; provided that no such surrender shall

be made except upon five days' previous notice of the intention to make

such surrender in writing, by the parent or guardian of the child to the

said corporation or its agents.