Legal Opinion
Wallis ex rel. Wallis v. Spencer
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1999No. 97-55579PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a conflict between the legitimate role of the state in protecting children from abusive parents, and the rights of children and parents to be free from arbitrary and undue governmental interference. Such conflicts occur with increasing frequency these days. The problem of child abuse is a critical one, with deep personal and social costs. For too long, intra-familial sexual abuse was considered to be a “private” matter. Today, the law is changing. As we develop a greater awareness of the extent and severity of this difficult and painful problem,…
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