In Re Guardianship of DA McW.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• affirming that the \best interests\ test is not the proper legal standard for determining custody between a natural parent and a third party
• “custody should be denied to the natural parent only when such an award will, in fact, be detrimental to the welfare of the child”
• strong public policy in favor of unmarried natural father having custody of child
• custody denied to biological parent only when detrimental to child’s welfare
• strong public policy in favor of natural parent having custody of child

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).