McAlister v. Shaver

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• recognizing that noncustodial parent involved in custody dispute has constitutionally protected inherent right to meaningful relationship with his children
• recognizing that noncustodial parent involved in custody dispute has constitutionally protected inherent right to meaningful relationship with his children
• holding that a trial court is not bound by any agreement between parents, but rather should decline to follow a settlement agreement found not to be in a child's best interests
• discontinuity of parents' relationship allows the court to determine visitation or custody based solely on the child's best interests

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).