Troxel v. Granville
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| Troxel v. Granville | |||||||||
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 Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued January 12, 2000 Decided June 5, 2000 |
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| Holding | |||||||||
| A law that allows anyone to petition a court for child visitation rights over parental objections unconstitutionally infringes on parents' fundamental right to rear their children. | |||||||||
| Court membership | |||||||||
| Chief Justice: William Rehnquist Associate Justices: John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer |
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| Case opinions | |||||||||
| Plurality by: O'Connor Joined by: Rehnquist, Ginsburg, Breyer Concurrence by: Souter Concurrence by: Thomas Dissent by: Stevens Dissent by: Scalia Dissent by: Kennedy |
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Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000)[1], was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, citing a constitutional right of parents to rear their children, struck down a Washington state law that allowed grandparents to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections.
[edit] References
- ^ 530 U.S. 57 Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.
- Edward Walsh, "Court Limits Visitation Rights of Grandparents; State Can't Overrule Decision Of a Fit Parent, Justices Say," Washington Post, June 6, 2000.
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