JANE DOE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR SON, A.A., AND ON BEHALF OF ALL PERSONS SIMILARLY SITUATED, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT,
v.
CITY OF TRENTON, MUNICIPAL COURT OF THE CITY OF TRENTON, TRENTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND GEORGE DOUGHERTY, CITY ATTORNEY FOR CITY OF TRENTON, DEFENDANTS-RESPONDENTS.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued June 1, 1976.
Decided June 30, 1976.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Dennis S. Brotman argued the cause for appellant (Legal Aid Society of Mercer County, attorney — Alice Ashley Costello, Director).
Mr. George T. Dougherty, City Attorney for Trenton, argued the cause for respondents (Mr. Dennis J. Quinn, Assistant City Attorney, on the brief).
Brief for amicus curiae Office of the Public Defender, Child Advocacy Unit, filed by Mr. Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender-Public Advocate (Mr. Steven Zamrin, Assistant Deputy Public Defender, on the brief).
Brief for amicus curiae Township of Willingboro, filed by Messrs. Kessler, Tutek and Gottlieb (Mr. Myron H. Gottlieb on the brief).
Before Judges CARTON, CRAHAY and HANDLER.
Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
The opinion of the court was delivered by CARTON, P.J.A.D.
This is a challenge to the constitutionality of the City of Trenton's "parent responsibility ordinance."1 The attack centers on the ordinance's presumption that a parent (as defined by the ordinance) is responsible for the misbehavior of a child who twice within one year is adjudged guilty of acts defined as violations of the public peace. The acts so defined include adjudications...
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