Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Best Interests of the Child in New York Courts


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The result was   delete. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 21:43, 27 August 2009 (UTC)

The Best Interests of the Child in New York Courts

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Personal essay that looks to be copy-pasted.

Maybe deserves to be a redirect to some sort of NY Family law article (but how would this ever be a search title), but I seek consensus before doing that change. I don't see how this article (particularly with this title) is encyclopedic without a substantial overhaul.

More importantly, the "best interests of the child" standard is relatively standard across states, and differences should be worked out in a comparison article. In other words, there's nothing special about NY in this respect. We'd be better off having a Comparison of best interests of the child standards article forked out of Best interests, which is also a good redirect candidate. Shadowjams (talk) 04:24, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not the place to compose a brief that you plan to file in court.  Before you do file it, take time to learn what paragraphs are.  Mandsford (talk) 13:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, while some of the references might actually be useful, the subject is already covered in best interests. A right peculiar "rule" there - always thought that "best interests of the child" was almost the polar opposite of a rule of law. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 14:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment - Well it's a legal standard, I suppose a "rule" in a sense. Shadowjams (talk) 04:24, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
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