jan 1, 1905 - Commonwealth v. Fisher

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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court settled the issue of child and parental rights by citing the intent of intervention.

The court ruled that a child not only might need court intervention but in fact had a right to intervention.

As a result, juvenile courts were given the freedom the deal with juveniles as they saw fit, and parents had virtually no legal recourse to defy them.

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