Citation

Annu. Rev. Popul. Law 1988; 15: 126.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Harvard Law School Library)

DOI

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PMID

12289177

Abstract

The plaintiff, a pregnant woman, sought an order prohibiting the juvenile court from exercising jurisdiction over her in a dependency and neglect action with respect to her unborn child. The Ohio Court of Appeals held that the juvenile court had no jurisdiction to compel a pregnant woman to act for the alleged benefit of an unborn child. On 7 October 1988, in "Matter of Fletcher," the Family Court, City of New York, held that a mother's drug use during pregnancy could not alone serve as the basis for finding child neglect; facts had to be alleged with respect to the mother's neglect after the birth of the child (533 N.Y.S.2d 241).

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