ROEMHILD v. STATE

39735.

251 Ga. 569 (1983)

308 S.E.2d 154

ROEMHILD et al. v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Irvin, for appellants.

V. D. Stockton, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Patrick W. McKee, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Ware, Parker, Johnson, Cook & Dunlevie, Wendell R. Bird, amicus curiae.


BELL, Justice.

This case concerns the constitutionality of OCGA § 20-2-690 (Code Ann. § 32-2104), the Georgia compulsory school attendance law, which provides that every parent having control of a child between the ages of seven and sixteen shall enroll the child in and send the child to a public or private school.1

The appellants, Terry and Vickie Roemhild, are the parents of three school-age children. In late September...

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