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· 4/7/2005

In Re Parentage of CAMA

Citations

  • 109 P.3d 405

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

  • recognizing that parents have a fundamental right to autonomy in child-rearing that is protected as a matter of substantive due process
  • recognizing that parents have a fundamental right to autonomy in child-rearing that is protected as a matter of substantive due process
  • declaring unconstitutional RCW 26.09.240, which presumed grandparent visitation was in best interests of child
  • declaring unconstitutional ROW 26.09.240, which presumed grandparent visitation was in best interests of child
  • \We show greater respect for the legislature by preserving the legislature's fundamental role to rewrite the statute rather than undertaking that legislative task ourselves.\
  • “We show greater respect for the legislature by preserving the legislature’s fundamental role to rewrite the statute rather than undertaking that legislative task ourselves.”

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Judges: Sanders

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