Key legal question
Whether the placement of a minor in an educational institution violated personal liberty or parental rights.
Extracted holding
The placement was not an unconstitutional intrusion on the child's personal liberty; it was an educational measure available to the holder of guardianship, and the father's authority had already been lawfully withdrawn.
Extracted reasoning
The Federal Court held that institutional placement of an unemancipated child is not, by itself, a constitutional violation when ordered by a competent authority or the parent. Since the father had been deprived of parental authority and the child placed under public guardianship, the guardianship authorities were competent to order the measure.