Neil M. v. Gregory M.

The facts before the court in this family offense proceeding would ordinarily bear no special mention except for the fact that the respondent, Gregory M., is just over the age of 16 and that the assaults he committed upon his adoptive father and mother appear to be' matched by as much hostility on their part as by frustrated anger on his. One incident illustrative of the pattern occurred when Gregory returned home, his eyes bandaged from a blow torch injury and after being refused help, assaulted the father. The boy lives outside their home; has been excluded by an order of protection issued…