Legal Opinion
State v. Lefebvre
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided May 6, 1941No. 3238PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
The title of the case is erroneous. Since Chapter 110 of the Public Laws relating to neglected and delinquent children is not penal, but protective (State v. Burt, 75 N. H. 64, 66), the title should not be criminal in form. In accordance with the spirit of the act, it would be proper to entitle the case In re Roland Lefebvre and others.
Chapter 110 authorizes change in the custody of a neglected or delinquent child who is under the age of eighteen (Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 13). The children here involved were brought before the Juvenile Session upon allegations by the Attendance Officer of…
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- In re AlleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1921
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- Hollis v. BrownellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1930
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- State v. MonahanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1954
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