No. 22-271

M. N. v. A. A., et al.

Lower Court: Kentucky
Docketed: 2022-09-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: abandonment dobbs-precedent dobbs-v-jackson due-process evidentiary-standard fourteenth-amendment kentucky parental-rights vagueness
Key Terms:
DueProcess CriminalProcedure Securities Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-12-02
Question Presented (from Petition)

(1) whether K Y. REV. STAT. ANN. § 199.502 violates the Fourt eenth Amendment's Due Process Clause because it fails to articulate a clear and convincing evidentiary standard;

(2) whether K Y. REV. STAT. ANN. § 199.502 violate s the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause because it is vague in both failing to define the term "abandoned" or whether the 90 -day abandonment period is consecutive or cumulative;

(3) whether the lower courts' application of a presumption that K Y. REV. STAT. ANN. § 199.502 is constitutional conflicts with this Court's prior decisions; and

(4) whether this Court's precedents regarding the sanctity of parental rights are deeply rooted in American history and tradition such that they continue to exist after Dobbs .

Question Presented (AI Summary)

whether-ky-rev-stat-ann-§-199.502-violates-the-fourteenth-amendment's-due-process-clause

Docket Entries

2022-12-05
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-09-22
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, M.N.
2022-09-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2022)

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