Pearson v. Lake Lawrence Pulpwood Co.

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• finding of deprivation upheld where evidence showed child had severe mental health issues and mother was unable to control the child
• finding of deprivation upheld where evidence showed child had severe mental health issues and mother was unable to control the child
• “freedom of personal choice in matters of family life is a fundamental liberty interest, protected by the United States Constitution, and . . . the right to the custody and control of one’s child is a fiercely guarded right in our society and in our law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).