Legal Opinion
In re Skipwith
New York Family Court
Decided December 15, 1958PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustine Wise Polish, J.
On October 28, 1958, Stanley and Bernice Skipwith were cited as respondents in a petition filed by the Board of Education charging them with neglect of their daughter, Charlene, a 12-year-old girl. The petition alleged that the child was without proper guardianship in that her parents, “ refuse to send the child to Junior High School 136 or private school meeting the requirements of the Board of Education law.”
The 33 days of absence between September 8, 1958, and October 27, 1958, were stipulated to be correct by both sides, and the respondents did not offer substitute private schooling as a…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Barrows v. JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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