Holtmann v. Knott

I join in the very well written concurring and dissenting opinion by Justice Steinmetz. I write separately to emphasize certain points.

There is nothing in this case that warrants the deprivation of the rights of this biological mother to determine what is in her child's best interests and to decide who will and will not have visitation with her child. Neither marriage nor blood ties justifies this courts' creation of an arrangement not recognized until today. There was no marriage — the "ceremony" gone through by the mother and her former companion is a nullity — it is completely unrecognized…