Grant v. Grant

VALIHURA, Justice:

The Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution contains “a substantive due process component” that protects “certain fundamental rights and liberty interests.” 1 One of these fundamental liberty interests is the liberty interest of parents to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children. 2 The United States Supreme Court has stated that this interest “is perhaps the oldest of the fundamental liberty interests recognized” by the Court. 3 However, this interest is not absolute. Under certain state statutes, third parties may petition…