Sonnenberg v. State

We thus have presented for our consideration a charge of dependency against the minor, Donna Jean Sonnenberg, under the Juvenile Act’ of Ohio, and the first question to be determined is whether or not the charge set forth in the affidavit constitutes dependency. It will be noted that the statement is that the minor child is a dependent child because its parents are divorced. The word dependent has a special meaning under the statute and, of course, a different general meaning of common knowledge. Any child is dependent in a sense, but under the Juvenile Act only if there is no one who is…