Legal Opinion
Boisvert v. Gavis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 2, 2019No. SC20049, SC20053PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEcker, J.
*7 **119 The principal issue in this appeal is whether an order granting a third party's petition for visitation pursuant to General Statutes § 46b-59 1 over **120 the objection of a fit custodial parent must include a provision requiring the third party to abide by *8 all of the parent's decisions regarding the care of the child during the visitation. We conclude that neither § 46b-59 nor the due process clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States constitution requires the trial court to impose such a broad term and condition on an order of third-party visitation. With respect to the…
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- State v. GoldingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
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