No. 21-1088

Jose Luis Alvarez v. Gabriel Pinon

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2022-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: best-interest-standard child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights custody-determination due-process family-law family-life fundamental-liberty-interest parental-rights standing
Latest Conference: 2022-03-04
Question Presented (from Petition)

Since freedom of personal choice in matters of family life is a fundamental liberty interest protected by the U.S. Constitution, did the state court err by looking to the best interest of the child as the basis for granting nonparental custody when it is insufficient to overrule a parent's constitutionally-protected fundamental liberty interest?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the state court erred by looking to the best interest of the child as the basis for granting nonparental custody when it is insufficient to overrule a parent's fundamental liberty interest

Docket Entries

2022-03-07
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-02-08
Waiver of right of respondent Gabriel Pinon to respond filed.
2022-02-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2022)

Attorneys

Gabriel Pinon
Catherine Wright SmithSmith Goodfriend, P.S., Respondent
Jose Luis Alvarez
Jose Luis Alvarez — Petitioner