Legal Opinion
Jesmer v. Dunoon
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 9, 1971PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
In this case, we are called upon to decide the constitutionality of a statute requiring a parent to contribute to the support of a minor child institutionalized following a determination and order of the Family Court adjudicating him " a juvenile delinquent ’ ’ and " a person in need of supervision ’ ’.
On February 19, 1970, following a juvenile delinquency proceeding in which he admitted taking part in a burglary, the Family Court, Monroe County, committed the appellant’s 14-year-old son to Berkshire Farm for Boys. A short time later, the petitioner, who is Director of the…
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