In Re Davis

A complaint was filed against Harold G. and Judith M. Davis in the Jaffrey District Court under RSA 169:2 I (Supp. 1973) alleging their children were neglected because of their failure to attend school. The district court dismissed the complaint after hearing and the town appealed to the superior court under RSA 169: 24 (Supp. 1973). The Trial Court, Loughlin, J., heard the matter as a defaulted case on February 11, 1974, upon the failure of the defendants or their counsel to appear on the day set for hearing. The court, after this hearing, ordered the children to attend school no later than…