Troxel v. Granville

Troxel v. Granville

SCOTUSCase
Litigants=Troxel v. Granville
ArgueDate=January 12
ArgueYear=2000
DecideDate=June 5
DecideYear=2000
FullName=Troxel "et vir". v. Granville
USVol=530
USPage=57
Citation=
Prior=
Subsequent=
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.
SCOTUS=1994-2005
Plurality=O'Connor
JoinPlurality=Rehnquist, Ginsburg, Breyer
Concurrence2=Souter
Concurrence3=Thomas
Dissent=Stevens
Dissent2=Scalia
Dissent3=Kennedy
LawsApplied=

"Troxel v. Granville", 530 U.S. 57 (2000) [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?navby=CASE&court=US&vol=530&page=57 530 U.S. 57] Full text of the opinion courtesy of Findlaw.com.] , 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.

ee also

* List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 530

References


*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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