Legal Opinion

In re " Tana "

New York Family Court

Decided December 28, 1949PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPanken, J.

It has been said by the prophets that the sins of the fathers will be visited upon their children. No greater sin is known to me nor, I believe, known to anyone than the act of exposing children to neglect. The most serious neglect visited upon a child is failure to provide the child with a moral atmosphere to live in. To deny a child spiritual guidance is frightful. No more serious neglect is possible than that of which the consequences are suffered by the child rather than by those responsible for the immoral and amoral atmosphere to which the child is confined. Truly, the sins of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Matter of Kane v. NecciNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
  2. Zambrotto v. JannetteNew York Family Court · 1936

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. State ex rel. S. I.Bergen County Family Court · 1961
  2. State in Re SINew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1961

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