Travis v. State

Citations

• 21 Ohio C.C. Dec. 492

Syllabus

<p>JUVENILE COURTS — PARENT AND CHILD.</p> <p>1. Probate Judge in Franklin County Properly Designated Judge of the Juvenile Court.</p> <p>Under Sec. 3 of act 98 O. L. 314, in counties having three or more common pleas judges sitting regularly and concurrently, the probate judge is properly designated to act as judge of the juvenile court.</p> <p>2. Juvenile Court Act not Void for Indefiniteness in Stating Offenses Proscribed.</p> <p>Definiteness with which an offense should be charged against a person accused as a requisite of the bill of rights is not intended to apply to statutes declaring certain acts to be criminal. Hence, act 96 O. L. 314, creating juvenile courts and establishing procedure therein, is not void for lack of definiteness in stating the offenses therein proscribed.</p> <p>8. “Delinquent” and “Dependent” as Applied to Children under'Jurisdiction of Juvenile Court Sufficiently Distinguished by Act.</p> <p>“Delinquent” and “dependent” children as defined by act 96 O. L. 314, the regulation and control of which is reposed in juvenile courts, are sufficiently distinguished by the act to avoid such confusion in management and control after they become wards of the court as will invalidate the act for indefiniteness.</p> <p>4. Act 98 O, L. 314 is not Penal as to Regulation and Treatment of Children to which: it Applies.</p> <p>Act 98 O. L. 314, regulating the treatment and control of delinquent and dependent children by juvenile courts, is not penal in its operation to children; the punishment for its violation is imposed upon the parents and guardians contributing to the delinquency. Therefore the act is not invalidated for indefiniteness in description of the classes of children to which it is made applicable.</p> <p>5. Parental Custody of Children is Subject to Interests of Society and Good Government.</p> <p>The custody, education and moral training of children is naturally in the parent but this right is subservient to the police power of the state