Wyoming Supreme Court Ruling Reveals Continued Controversy Over De Facto Parentage Doctrine

Authors

Joanna L. Grossman, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Verdict

Publication Date

3-3-2015

Abstract

A recent decision from the Wyoming Supreme Court, L.P. v. L.F. arises in a more idiosyncratic scenario, but nonetheless raises familiar issues about whether courts or legislatures should recognize the doctrine; whether functional parentage should ever be a sufficient basis for the acquisition of parental rights; and whether de facto parentage can be reconciled with the constitutionally protected parental rights of the child’s legal parent.

Recommended Citation

Joanna L. Grossman, Wyoming Supreme Court Ruling Reveals Continued Controversy Over De Facto Parentage Doctrine Verdict (2015)
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