Supreme Court of Virginia· 6/5/1998

Williams v. Williams

Citations

501 S.E.2d 417
256 Va. 19
71 A.L.R. 5th 723
1998 Va. LEXIS 99

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recognizing right of parents to raise their children as both a fundamental liberty interest and a component of privacy rights
recognizing right of parents to raise their children as both a fundamental liberty interest and a component of privacy rights
holding that for a \compelling state interest\ to exist, justifying an order of visitation over the objection of a child's parents, a court must find an actual harm to the child's health or welfare without such visitation; construing Virginia's statute as requiring such a finding
stating that there was no need to remand a case when there was “no allegation or proof that denial of grandparent visitation would be detrimental to this child’s welfare”
interpreting Virginia nonparental visitation statute to require finding of harm as condition precedent to awarding visitation
agreeing with the intermediate appellate court’s conclusion that “[f]or the constitutional requirement to be satisfied, before visitation can be ordered over the objection of the child’s parents, a court must find actual harm to the child’s health or welfare without such visitation”

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Judges: Compton, Hassell, Kinser, Koontz, Keenan

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