Is a parent's right to make decisions regarding their children's mental health specifically protected?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Pickup v. Brown, No. 2:12-CV-02497-KJM-EFB (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Plaintiffs further contend parents' right to make decisions regarding their children's mental health is specifically protected, even when that decision is not agreeable to the child or involves risks. (Id. at 19 (citing Parham v. J.R., 442 U.S. 584, 602-03 (1979).) Neither state officials nor federal courts, plaintiffs maintain, are equipped to review such parental
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