Legal Opinion
In Re Fc III
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 2010No. 17 WAP 2009PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*53 OPINION
Justice TODD.
We granted allowance of appeal in order to consider whether 71 P.S. § 1690.112a (“Act 53”)1 of the Pennsylvania Drug and Alcohol Abuse Control Act,2 which permits a parent or guardian to petition for civil involuntary commitment of their drug dependent child to a drug and alcohol treatment program, violates the due process protections provided by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.3 For the reasons set forth below, we reject this constitutional challenge and hold that Act 53 does not violate our federal charter. Thus, we affirm the order of the…
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- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Parham v. J. R.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by84 opinions
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