ALBANY – A civilly confined sex offender who was neither present nor represented when a judge barred him from communicating with his children was denied procedural due process, a unanimous upstate appellate panel has held.
The Appellate Division, Third Department, in In the Matter of Whiteford v. Ferry, 511636, reversed Greene County Court Judge George Pulver Jr. (See Profile), sitting in Family Court, and held that offender Donald Ferry Jr. is entitled to his day in court on whether he can visit telephonically with his 10-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter.
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