Legal Opinion
Stephanie L. v. Benjamin L.
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Friedman, J.
This motion by wife, in the midst of her divorce action, seeks an order enjoining husband from telling their 10-year-old daughter that wife has life-threatening renal cancer. It presents an important First Amendment issue which impacts *666on this court’s power to act in the best interests of the child and which concerns a parent’s right to resort to court to resolve interparental disputes over child rearing.
The parties, who were married in 1981, have one 10-year-old child Hannah. The parties separated in 1987; wife has de facto custody of Hannah.…
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