| Troxel v. Granville |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Argued January 12, 2000
Decided June 5, 2000
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| Full case name: |
Troxel et vir. v. Granville |
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| Holding |
| The custody, care and nurture of the child reside first in the parents, whose primary function and freedom include preparation for obligations the state can neither supply nor hinder. 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 |
| 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 any third party to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections.
See also
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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