Legal Opinion
People ex rel. T.R.W.
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided February 25, 1988No. 86CA1761PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BABCOCK, Judge.
Father, E.L.W., appeals a juvenile court order adjudicating his children, T.R.W. (Ti.) and T.L.W. (Tw.), dependent and neglected. Mother, C.W., does not appeal. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with directions.
Pursuant to a 1978 decree of dissolution, father was awarded permanent custody of the children. In February 1986, father disciplined eleven-year-old Ti. for misbehaving in school by whipping him twice with a leather belt. The whippings caused bruising from the child’s thighs to his shoulders. That day, during a routine scoliosis examination, the school nurse…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by18 opinions
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