all - Opinion Summaries

IN RE A.A.

Family Law
Trial court erred in refusing to grant "presumed father" status to man who provided for and maintained a relationship with the minor child. Court also...

IN RE MARRIAGE OF KING

Family Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
Because the January 5, 1999 order was not the final judgment as to attorney fees owed, it would not support a lien on real estate; because that order...

IN RE D.F.

Family Law
The nine-month evaluation period for assessing whether a given parent is "unfit" applies to both the reasonable-efforts ground and the...

IN RE ANDREA F.

Family Law
Prior to January 1, 1998, Juvenile Court Act section 1-5(3) did not require trial courts to admonish parents that they risked having their parental...

MCCURDY v. DODD

Constitutional Law, Family Law
A parent's interest in the companionship of his independent adult child is not a cognizable constitutional right protected by the Due Process Clause....

STATE OF TEXAS v. GHARBI

Criminal Law & Procedure, Family Law
Evidence is sufficient to support defendant's two convictions for violating a protective order, notwithstanding an unnecessary allegation in the...

FORETICH v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

Constitutional Law, Family Law
Congress violated the constitutional prohibition against bills of attainder by singling out plaintiff for legislative punishment. In enacting the...

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF ROSS AND KELLEY

Family Law
Trial courts are not per se prohibited from granting grandparent visitation, particularly where the parties stipulate to such visitation. The court...

IN RE MARRIAGE OF W.

Family Law
The application of Family Code section 3101 in an ordered visitation arrangement for grandparents violated the father's substantive due process right...

IN RE RACHEL M.

Family Law, Juvenile Law
Mother's appeal of court's termination of her parental rights pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26 is affirmed because a mother's...