Legal Opinion
In re Roe v. Doe
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1971PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtScileppi, J.
It is a sad but telling commentary upon the relationship subsisting between father and daughter that resort to the courts was employed to resolve this domestic problem. The surge of adolescent independence, the breakdown in parental authority and the frustration attending both are indeed matters of common occurrence. Feelings may run high, idle threats may be uttered, but experience teaches us that such hostilities do abate and rapprochements are soon effected. Aware that the law is no interloper in such intra-family problems, the courts, absent any violation of law, refuse to intervene,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Beardsley v. . HotchkissNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Cannon v. CannonNew York Court of Appeals · 1942
- Cuming v. . Brooklyn City R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Furman v. . Van SiseNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Haskell v. HaskellAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
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3Cited by107 opinions
- Alice C. v. Bernard G. C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Caldwell v. CaldwellMississippi Supreme Court · 1991
- Parker v. StageNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Gansky v. GanskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2013
- Chamberlin v. ChamberlinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
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