B.H. v. K.D.

Because I believe that the majority opinion avoids important legislative history and constitutional precedents, misconstrues the Uniform Parentage Act, and misapplies standing, I respectfully dissent.

1. Constitutional footings

Some functional family relationships, as well as formal family values, deserve and receive constitutional recognition and procedural due process:

The rights to conceive and to raise one’s children have been deemed “essential,” Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 U.S. 390, 399 [43 S.Ct. 625, 626, 67 L.Ed. 1042] (1923), “basic civil rights of man,” Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 541…