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He U.S. Supreme Court recently decided that grandparents do not have an automatic right to visit their grandchildren. That decision was based on a Washington State case involving the grandparents of two sisters, ages 8 and 10. The Supreme Court said a state law giving the grandparents visitation rights actually violated the U.S. Constitution.
Six judges, the majority, sided with parents over grandparents in in the case. Three judges disagreed.
The court said the most important aspect of the argument is the right of parents to raise their children free from government interference.
The Constitution still "leaves room for states to consider
the impact on a child of possibly arbitrary parental decisions that neither serve nor are motivated by the best interests of the child," wrote one of the six Justices in the majority. In other words, the government can still get involved if parents make decisions which might harm their children.
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