Fink v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
October 1991
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Each petitioner presented evidence at her fair hearing to show that her parents considered her to be an adult and that they placed no restrictions on her conduct. However, the fact that these parents, did not place restrictions on their children’s conduct does not mean that they were without power to do so, had they so desired. . . . While it may be true that at the time of the fair hearings, the parents of the three petitioners had not yet chosen to exercise control over their daughters, they clearly could have done so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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