Court Opinion

ID: 9528911
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:45:11.873122+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:27:27.987154
License: Public Domain

TUCKETT, Justice
(dissenting):
I dissent. I have some doubts as to the standing of the plaintiff to maintain this action as a beneficiary of the contracts mentioned in the majority opinion and I would be content to decide the case on that issue alone. It appears that the majority has elected to treat the case as one involving criminal acts. The issues drawn by the pleadings remove from the case present or contemplated criminal activities.
The legislature over the years has dealt with many facets of conduct by children; as examples, their rights to vote, their rights to enter into contracts, their rights to contract marriages, and a number of activities engaged in with children which have been denounced as crimes. The legislature has not dealt with the matter now before the court. I am of the opinion that the problem can best be dealt with by the legislature. I do not believe this court by rule should limit the information the plaintiff or others in her class are entitled to receive with or without the consent of their parents.
HENRIOD, J., concurs in the dissenting opinion of TUCKETT, J.