Legal Opinion
Roemhild v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 25, 1983No. 39735PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bell, Justice.
This case concerns the constitutionality of OCGA § 20-2-690 (Code Ann. § 32-2104), the Georgia compulsory school attendance law, which provides that every parent having control of a child between the ages of seven and sixteen shall enroll the child in and send the child to a public or private school.1
The appellants, Terry and Vickie Roemhild, are the parents of three school-age children. In late September of 1981 they were arrested for violating the compulsory attendance law by allegedly failing to enroll their children in a public or private school for the period August 24 to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Smith v. GoguenSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Rose v. LockeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Sabel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Hall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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- Howell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1984
- Burrow v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
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