In Determining the Criminal Liability of a Parent, Neither the Maturity of an Unemancipated Minor nor the Minor's Right to Privacy Are Affirmative Defenses to Discharge Parental Duties to Their Minor Children in Life Threatening Situations: Commonwealth v. Nixon

Authors

Douglas C. Hart

Abstract

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the mature minor doctrine will not be employed in the Commonwealth as an affirmative criminal defense discharging parents from the duty to provide care to a minor in their custody.

Commonwealth v. Nixon, 761 A.2d 1151 (Pa. 2000)

First Page

147

Recommended Citation

Douglas C. Hart, In Determining the Criminal Liability of a Parent, Neither the Maturity of an Unemancipated Minor nor the Minor's Right to Privacy Are Affirmative Defenses to Discharge Parental Duties to Their Minor Children in Life Threatening Situations: Commonwealth v. Nixon, 40 Duq. L. Rev. 147 (2001).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol40/iss1/7