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· 3/10/2005

McDermott v. Dougherty

Citations

  • 869 A.2d 751
  • 385 Md. 320
  • 2005 Md. LEXIS 105

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that Troxel’s plurality holding that parents (. . . continued
  • stating that “the constitutional right [of the parent] is the ultimate determinative factor.”
  • “The Supreme Court [of the United States] has long recognized the right of a parent to raise his or her children as a fundamental one protected by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.” (quoting Shurupoff v. Vockroth, 372 Md. 639, 650 (2003))

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Judges: Cathell

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