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Family

Dec. 11, 2003

Father's Rights

LOS ANGELES - A trial court did not take into account recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it granted visitation rights to a stepfather over the objections of the boy's parents, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.


LOS ANGELES
- A trial court did not take into account recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent when it granted visitation rights to a stepfather over the objections of the boy's parents, an appellate court ruled Tuesday.
        Santa Barbara Superior Court Judge Zel Canter should have applied "a presumption in favor" of the biological parents, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held in reversing a...

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