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E.R.G. v. E.H.G.

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on February 21, 2012.

Docket No.11-311
Op. BelowAla.

Issue

Whether under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, grandparents who seek court-ordered visitation with their grandchildren must prove that a compelling circumstance necessitates visitation, or whether constitutional requirements are instead satisfied where the court considering the visitation request applies a presumption in favor of the parents' wishes and places on the petitioning grandparent the burden of proving that visitation is in the children's best interest.

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