Carpenter v. Doe ex dem. Schaffner

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• grandparents’ out-of-time appeal pursued under Ortiz rejected in visitation rights proceeding; grandparents have no fundamental right to effective counsel in such proceeding
• grandparents can rebut presumption required by Troxel by showing “that a substantial relationship has been established between the child and the grandparents” and that grandparent visitation is in the best interests of the child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).