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· 9/21/1983

State, Department of Human Services v. Hamilton

Citations

  • 657 S.W.2d 425
  • 1983 Tenn. App. LEXIS 711

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • the State may require a 12-year-old girl to submit to cancer treatment over the religious objections of parents
  • the State may require a 12-year-old girl to submit to cancer treatment over the religious objections .of parents
  • allowing chemotherapy over parent’s religious objections
  • allowing chemotherapy over parent's religious objections

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Judges: Parrott, Goddard, Franks

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