Bergstrom v. Bergstrom

I concur in many of the principles of law announced in the majority opinion, except as noted herein.

The majority opinion states that the constitutional question need not be decided because the dispute or issue is resolved on other grounds. Nevertheless, the opinion *498discussed some phase of this issue and seems to bolster its conclusion as if the child’s preference were the equivalent of a constitutional right, which prompts me to make some observations regarding the child’s constitutional right in this case.

The resolution of the issue whether or not a United States citizen child, whose parents…