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When Children Sue Parents: Who Controls the Child’s Life?
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A 15-year-old girl runs away to another city, ignoring her mother’s pleas that she stay at home. Another teenage girl, pregnant and unmarried, wants an abortion without her parents’ permission. Source : select.nytimes.com |
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