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The treatment of grandparent-visitation laws in the courts has varied widely. In some states (including Georgia and Florida) they've been struck down. In others (including Kentucky and Wisconsin) they've been upheld. On the U.S. Supreme Court, the conservative majority may like the idea of grandparent visitation--but...
It's hard to be against grandparent visits; that's one reason all 50 states have passed laws allowing suits like the Troxels'. But it's also easy to understand Tommie Granville's argument that as the parent, she should be the one to decide how her children are reared...
But it's the battles over gay and lesbian parental rights that have been the most hotly disputed. In some cases, the homosexuals are the parents who want the government to mind its own business. That was the situation with Sharon Bottoms, a birth mother who lost custody of her...
In other cases, homosexuals want the government's help. In visitation cases, they often argue that they have had a parental relationship and should remain part of the child's life. Penny Kazmierazak went to court last year seeking custody of Zoey, a five-year-old girl born to her...
The trend, however, is for courts to look beyond whether a parent is gay in evaluating parenting claims. Last March a New Jersey appeals court awarded visitation rights to the former partner of a lesbian mother who had helped raise their children. And two years after the Bottoms case, a...