Supreme Court· 8/30/1989

Michael H. v. Gerald D.

Citations

491 U.S. 110
109 S. Ct. 2333
105 L. Ed. 2d 91
1989 U.S. LEXIS 2977

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holding that child's \claim is the obverse of [putative father's] and fails for the same reasons\
holding that an inquiry into a conclusive presumption regarding paternity- does not call into question the adequacy of procedures
concluding that irrebuttable presumption claims must be rooted in substantive rights rather than procedural adequacy
noting that the party claiming a fundamental liberty interest has the burden of establishing it
enunciating that a “ ‘liberty’ interest is one so deeply imbedded within society’s traditions as to be a fundamental right”
stating that a person must have a “substantive right to a parental relationship” in order to have standing to assert that claim

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Judges: Scalia, O'Connor, Stevens, White, Kennedy, Marshall, Blackmun, Brennan

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