No. 18-5761

Kourtney Herman v. Crystal Young, et al.

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2018-08-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: best-interests best-interests-standard custody custody-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-responsibilities parental-rights standing
Latest Conference: 2018-10-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) Whether a state court's application of a "best interests" standard in custody/parental responsibilities filed by a person other than a parent, violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

(2) Whether 750 ILCS 5/601.2(b)(3) violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

(3) Whether a state court's application of the "best interests" standard in custody/parental responsibilities actions filed by a person other than a parent under 750 ILCS 5/601.2(b)(3), without first addressing threshold issues of jurisdiction, capacity, standing or fitness, violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state court's application of a 'best interests' standard in custody/parental responsibilities filed by a person other than a parent, violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2018-10-29
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
2018-08-29
Notice of notification under Rule 12.3 filed.
2018-08-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 24, 2018)
2018-08-03
Application (17A1367) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 17, 2018.
2018-07-30
Application (17A1367) to extend further the time from August 3, 2018 to August 17, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.
2018-06-12
Application (17A1367) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until August 3, 2018.
2018-06-08
Application (17A1367) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 19, 2018 to August 3, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Kourtney Herman, et al.
Jeffrey Wendell LindsayJeff W. Lindsay, P.C., Petitioner