The substance of her argument makes clear, however, that the Fourth Amendment is irrelevant to the claim. The claim depends on substantive due process doctrine, see Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U.S. 745 (1982); Moore v. City of E. Cleveland, 431 U.S. 494 (1977); Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 (1972), and arguably the Equal Protection Clause, see Stanley, 405 U.S. at 645.” Smith v. City of Wyoming, 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 6833 (6th Cir. April 15, 2016).
“) .[5]Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57, 120 S.Ct. 147(2000)( Reiterating the “extensive precedent” upholding the proposition that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment protects the fundamental right of parents concerning their children, and referencing the legal history: Washingtonv.Glucksberg,521 U. S. 702, 720(1997); Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U. S. 510, 535 (1925); Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U. S. 645, 651 (1972); Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U. S. 205, 232 (1972); Santosky v. Kramer, 455 U. S. 745, 753 (1982); Quilloin v. Walcott, 434 U. S. 246, 255 (1978);Parham v. J. R., 442 U. S. 584, 602 (1979). [6]Stanley v.Illinois,405 U.S. 645 (1972)(Though an unwed father challenged automatically losing his children to the state upon the death of their mother under the Equal Protection Clause, the Court enforced Stanley’s parental rights under the Due Process Clause.
More challenging is the matter of how a stepparent’s decision to let the world know her views of a custody matter should impact a parent’s custodial rights. This involves analysis of the language from Stanley v. Illinois, 405 U.S. 645 and Troxell v. Ganville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000).Jacoby v. Jacoby 972 M.D.A. 2021 (March 1, 2022).[View source.]