McAllister v. McAllister

CROTHERS, Justice,

specially concurring.

[¶ 29] I concur in the result based on what I believe is the majority’s careful, albeit expanding, application of our precedent. By definition that precedent consists of ad hoc adjudication of third-party claims for child custody or visitation. I write separately to express concern that our body of law being propagated ad judi-cium has resulted, and will continue to result, in the judiciary being pulled deep into the legislature’s policymaking domain.

[¶ 30] We know without citation to authority that adult relationships sometimes disintegrate and that…