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Family

Jul. 12, 2000

Parent's Prerogative

Recently, in Troxel v. Granville, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5831 (June 6, 2000), the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare incursion into the realm of visitation rights, a matter that the court has traditionally left to the states. The decision offers family-law practitioners an analysis of the role of federal substantive due process and constitutional rights in child-custody litigation.

        By Shelley L. Albaum, Harold J. Cohn and Seth D. Kramer

        Recently, in Troxel v. Granville, 2000 Daily Journal D.A.R. 5831 (June 6, 2000), the U.S. Supreme Court made a rare incursion into the realm of visitation rights, a matter that the court has traditionally left to the states. The decision offers family-law practitioners an analysis of the role of federal...

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