Court Opinion

ID: 9591382
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:03:52.228138+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:10.523593
License: Public Domain

Swanson, J.
(concurring)—I concur in the result because Michael's mother failed to make any reasonable arrangement to provide food and shelter for her 16-year-old son when she expelled him from the home and prohibited him from reentering. I disagree that a formal legal proceeding is necessary before a child's privilege to enter the parental home can be terminated. The parents' obligation of support can be satisfied without a court hearing to either establish or approve provisions for the child's care.
However, I am not willing to go as far as the dissent suggests and separate the parents' withdrawal of the privilege to enter the family home from their statutory duty to support a minor child.
Here no provision was made for the child's care; consequently, the withdrawal of the privilege to enter the home was ineffective.