Legal Opinion
Janet D. v. Carros
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 29, 1976No. Appeal, 313PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Spaeth, J.,
This case presents two questions, each of first impression in Pennsylvania, and of first importance: Does a child committed by a juvenile court to a child welfare agency as a “deprived child” 1 have a right to treatment? If so, may the director of the agency be held in contempt for failing to provide the treatment?
Appellant, Thomas Carros, is the Director of Child Welfare Services of Allegheny County (hereinafter “CWS”). When this action was commenced, appellee, Janet D., was a sixteen year old girl under the protective supervision of CWS.
On June 15, 1973, following the…
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