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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (6965)	6/5/2000 11:03:00 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

Some more court action for the Miami relatives to chew on: Monday June 5 10:26 AM ET Supreme Court Rules Against Grandparents Visitation WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A divided U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to grandparents' rights, ruling Monday that parents cannot be forced by state law to allow visits with their children. The court, by a 6-3 vote, affirmed a ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a Washington state law that granted visitation rights to grandparents or others over the objections of the parents if a judge rules it would be in the child's ''best interests.'' Although nearly all of the states have some form of law allowing court-ordered visitations for grandparents, the Washington law was one of the broadest in the nation, permitting petitions by any person at any time. With an estimated 60 million grandparents nationwide, the ruling had been eagerly anticipated for how it would affect the rights of grandparents, parents and families. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said for the court that the Washington state law was ``breathtakingly broad'' and added that the visitation order at issue in the case violated the U.S. Constitution.