No. 18-129

W. S. v. S. T., et al.

Lower Court: California
Docketed: 2018-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: biological-father child-custody custody-determination due-process equal-protection family-law liberty-interest parental-rights paternity standing vagueness
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether California's Family Code § 7611(d) is impermissibly vague, as applied, when the Court of Appeal holds "[t]here are no specific factors that a trial court must consider before it determines that a parent has 'received' a child into the home[,]" and thereby affirms a trial court's deprivation of an unmarried father's protected liberty interest in continuing to raise his biological daughter.

2. Whether California's Uniform Parentage Act exceeds constitutional limits in violation of procedural due process, substantive due process, and equal protection, when it operates to deprive an unmarried biological father of the substantial bond he developed with his daughter, whom he raised for the first five years of her life.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether California's Family Code § 7611(d) is impermissibly vague, as applied, when the Court of Appeal holds there are no specific factors that a trial court must consider before it determines that a parent has 'received' a child into the home, and thereby affirms a trial court's deprivation of an unmarried father's protected liberty interest in continuing to raise his biological daughter

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED. Justice Kavanaugh took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
2018-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-07-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 29, 2018)

Attorneys

W. S.
Edward McLean Lyman IIIFamily Legal, A Professional Law Corporation, Petitioner