Santi v. Santi

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that “ ‘the parenting right is a fundamental liberty interest that is protected against unwarranted state intrusion’ ” and subjecting a statute authorizing a court to override a parental decision about grandparent visitation to strict scrutiny (italics omitted
• holding grandparent visitation statute unconstitutional as applied to married parents because it did not require a determination of parental unfitness
• considering whether a law “strengthen[ed] extended familial bonds” or caused “family disruption” in deciding á constitutional challenge to a statute
• finding the grandparent visitation statute unconstitutional where the statute failed to require a threshold finding of parental unfitness
• fostering close relations between grandparents and grandchildren is not a compelling state interest
• “This court has likewise acknowledged this parental caretaking interest as fundamental.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).