Posted on March 28, 2007 by Mark Jakubik
The United States Supreme Court has declined to hear a Pennsylvania man’s appeal that raised the question of whether grandparents should be required to show that keeping children away from grandparents would be harmful to the children as a condition for granting the grandparents visitation rights. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled, in Fausey v. Hiller [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2007 by Mark Jakubik
Howard Bashman at How Appealing has posted amicus briefs for and against writ of certiorari in a grandparent visitation case currently pending in the US. Supreme Court, Fausey v. Hiller, No. 06-863.Many thanks to Howard for making these available.
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Posted on February 21, 2007 by Mark Jakubik
Daniel Clement has posted the following analysis of the New York grandparent visitation decision on his blog, the New York Divorce Report:
The Court of Appeals in Matter of E.S. v P.D., unanimously upheld a constitutional challenge to New York’s grandparent visitation law.
In upholding the New York Law which permits grandparents, under certain circumstances, to seek [...]
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Posted on February 17, 2007 by Mark Jakubik
The New York Court of Appeals, that state’s highest court, has upheld the state’s grandparent visitation statute. The law permits grandparent visitation rights where it is shown that one parent is deceased, or equity would otherwise warrant such visitations. As I noted in a previous post on this issue, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2007 by Mark Jakubik
Today’s New York Sun contains this article about a case now pending before the New York Court of Appeals - that state’s highest court - that involves the constitutionality of court ordered grandparent visitation. As the author correctly notes, when the Supreme Court last took uo the issue the case resulted in a court [...]
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