ouija ouija, on 20 March 2013 - 09:47 PM, said:
Sorry to keep labouring this point, but surely when children are in school the teachers, as representatives of the state, have a duty of care to the children, they are in loco parentis? The children are literally in their custody, they make decisions as to where the children can go in the building and who they can go with; if there is an emergency they decide what action to take regarding the children ...... if I was a lawyer I would have a good go at making that interpretation of 'custody' in a court of law! At the very least, that paragraph has been rather sloppily worded. It only says 'custody' not 'legal custody'.
The letter from the Coroner refers to
Connecticut General Statute 19a 411 b.
The relevant text is:
As used in this section, a "person in the custody of the state" is a person committed to the custody of (1) the Commissioner of Correction for confinement in a correctional institution or facility or a community residence, (2) the Commissioner of Children and Families, or (3) the Commissioner of Developmental Services.
Edited by Tiggs, 20 March 2013 - 10:11 PM.
Corrected reference to the statute.