BREAKING NEWS: TURNER v. ROGERS
June 21, 2011 § 3 Comments
The US Supreme Court yesterday ruled in Turner v. Rogers that it is a violation of the Due Process Clause of the US Constitution for the state to incarcerate a defendant for non-payment of child support when he was afforded neither benefit of counsel nor some alternative procedures, and he was not given adequate notice. I had previously posted about the case here.
I have only now gotten a copy of the opinion, and will post on it when I have a chance to read it.
Thanks to attorney Frances Stephenson.
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I had forgotten that issue was up before the SCOTUS. About to read the opinion now.
After reading it, the decision is somewhat more nuanced than my first take. It will take a little more explanation to get it right. Stay tuned.