Walker v. Foster

In this neglect proceeding, this court is called upon to adjudicate a controversy arising out of the intransigence of opposing sides in which, as so often happens, two children are caught as pawns. Despite several efforts by the court to mediate this matter before, during and after the *401trial, the parties insisted on keeping to the collision course they had charted.

Petitioner is the attendance officer of District 15, Local School District. Respondents are the parents of two girls, Judith, age eight, and Joan, age six. The petition alleges that the respondent parents have failed to provide the…