Svedberg v. Stamness

This case tells a sad tale of parents who failed to parent and school administrators who failed to administer. As a result, a child who should have been disciplined at home and at school, instead, was restrained by a district court from saying “Dumbo” to another child, building snowmen with big ears, and threatening and harassing the other child. He faces up to one year in prison if he violates the restraining order. NDCC § 12.1 — 31.2—01(7)(b).

Between August 1, 1993, the effective date of NDCC § 12.1-31.2-01, and April 13, 1994, the date of the hearing on the restraining order, Anthony…