Legal Opinion
In Re the Welfare of B.K.J.
Court of Appeals of Minnesota
Decided February 6, 1990No. C0-89-1774PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LANSING, Judge.
Hennepin County appeals an order dismissing a truancy citation issued to B.K.J. We agree with the trial court’s determination that habitual truancy requires a volitional act on the part of the child and affirm the dismissal.
PACTS
B.K.J.’s father removed 13-year old B.K.J. from public school in the fall of 1987 to provide home-school education. See Minn.Stat. §§ 120.101-.103 (1988). The Hennepin County Bureau of Social Services and Sanford Junior High school officials became concerned that B.K.J.’s home education did not meet statutory requirements. On November 23, 1988, a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re the Welfare of L.Z.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- Twomey v. F.S.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1986
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