Teen Legal Issues
Fort Erie council weighs Anzovino inquest options (Welland Tribune)
12 Mar 2010
FORT ERIE — Council wants to know if the town has the legal right to present information at an as yet-to-be scheduled coroner's inquest into the death of a Fort Erie teen.[...]...
Protection Orders Available for Juveniles (WHIZ News Zanesville)
12 Mar 2010
There is now a new legal option available for juveniles in abusive relationships. The Ohio senate unamiously passed House Bill 10 which allows juvenile court judges to issue protection orders for yout...
ACLU Fights Prom Cancellation (Jackson Free Press)
12 Mar 2010
To help protect teen Constance McMillen's decision to bring her girlfriend to the prom, the Mississippi ACLU will file an injunction next week to prevent the Itawamba County School District from cance...
Ex-Wormleysburg Councilman Ron Frank convicted of having sex with teen boys (The Patriot-News)
12 Mar 2010
Ron Frank , a former Wormleysburg Borough councilman and West Shore Bureau of Fire commissioner, was convicted this morning by a Cumberland County judge of molesting four teenage boys.
Campaign begun to fight teen prescription drug abuse (Carroll County News)
12 Mar 2010
By Kelli Reep For the U of A Division of Agriculture LITTLE ROCK -- Nearly a quarter of Arkansas high school students say they've abused prescription drugs by the time they're seniors and health...
Dad backs lesbian teen in school prom row (The Star)
12 Mar 2010
JACKSON, Mississippi: A lesbian pupil says she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she returned to school after officials cancelled the senior prom because of her request to escort her girl...
Exercising parental authority, part I (Solana Beach Sun)
11 Mar 2010
By Ted Parker SDPD Neighborhood Policing Resource Team Good citizenship begins at home. Parents (and legal guardians) bear the primary responsibility for the actions of their children. They must set g...
Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap (Salon.com)
11 Mar 2010
She says classmates are angry after district cancelled dance because she wanted to bring a female date...
Lesbian teen faces classmates after school cancels dance over her request to bring girlfriend (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
11 Mar 2010
JACKSON, Miss. - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student says she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she returned to school after officials cancelled the senior prom because of her requ...
Ohio House OKs mileage rules; teen-protection bill goes to governor (The Toledo Blade)
11 Mar 2010
By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - The Ohio House yesterday overwhelmingly voted to require its members and their Senate colleagues to travel the distance between their residences ...