Smith v. Guest

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• concluding that Troxel had more limited applicability to a de facto parentage claim
• concluding that Troxel had more limited applicability to a de facto parentage claim
• holding that de facto parent statute did not violate the due process rights of child’s other legal parent because a de facto parent would also be a “legal ‘parent’” that would share a “co-equal ‘fundamental parental interest’” in raising the child with the other parent
• holding that de facto parent statute did not violate the due process rights of child’s other legal parent because a de facto parent would also be a “legal ‘parent’” that would share a “co-equal ‘fundamental parental interest’” in raising the child with the other parent
• holding that de facto parent statute did not violate the due process rights of child’s other legal parent because a de facto parent would also be a \legal ’parent’ ” that would share a \coequal ‘fundamental parental interest’ ” in raising the child with the other parent
• affirming award of joint custody to adoptive mother’s former partner pursuant to statute authorizing award of custody to de facto parents

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).