2002 Pa. Super. 181 - Douglas v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · Commonwealth Ex Rel. Zaffarano v. Genaro · 329 Pa. Super. 248 - Commonwealth Ex Rel. Miller v. Miller · 422 Pa. Super. 246 - Norris v. Tearney · 404 Pa. Super. 41 - Johnson v. Diesinger
Most-quoted passages
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“In Troxel the Supreme Court found the application of a Washington state statute permitting "any person” to petition for visitation impermissibly broad and found that, under the facts of that case, it unconstitutionally infringed on the fundamental right of the parent to make decisions concerning her child. However, the Troxel Court cited with approval statutes comparable to 23 Pa.C.S. § 5311 ["When parent deceased”], which do not contain the broad, sweeping language like that in the Washington statute. Moreover, the Troxel Court determined the trial court erred by placing the burden on the parent to disprove that the best interests of the child would be served by granting visitation with grandparents. Here, we emphasize it is the grandparents' burden to demonstrate partial custody or visitation is in the best interest of the children and will not interfere with the parent-child relationship.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“If a parent of an unmarried child is deceased, the parents or grandparents of the deceased parent may be granted reasonable partial custody or visitation rights, or both, to the unmarried child by the court upon a finding that partial custody or visitation rights, or both, would be in the best interest of the child and would not interfere with the parent-child relationship. The court shall consider the amount of personal contact between the parents or grandparents of the deceased parent and the child prior to the application.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“any person” to petition for visitation impermissibly broad and found that, under the facts of that case, it unconstitutionally infringed on the fundamental right of the parent to make decisions concerning her child. However, the Troxel Court cited with approval statutes comparable to 23 Pa.C.S. § 5311 [”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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