Legal Opinion
In re Shane T.
New York City Family Court
Decided August 12, 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Daniel D. Leddy, Jr., J.
Today, this court finds that 14-year-old Shane T. is an abused child in that he has been repeatedly called a “fag”, “faggot”, and “queer” by his natural father, a respondent herein. His father also taunted him continually by saying that hé should have been a girl. In holding that Shane is an abused child, the court concludes that the phrase “physical injury” as contemplated by section 1012 (subd [e], par [i]) of the Family Court Act need not be inflicted by physical force and that it encompasses the stomach pain experienced by Shane when his father…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Bennett v. JeffreysNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- In re Philip A.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- Wu v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- In re Roy T.New York City Family Court · 1984
- In re Bruce L.New York City Family Court · 1988
- In re Shanaye C.New York City Family Court · 2003
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