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137 Wash.
2d 1, 969 P.2d 21 (1998), cert granted, 120 S.Ct. 11 (1999)(No.
99-138)
The United
States Supreme Court will review a Washington Supreme Court decision
holding (1) that Washington statutes addressing the visitation rights
of nonparents give nonparents standing to petition for visitation
rights and (2) that these statutes are unconstitutional in that
they impermissibly interfere with parents' fundamental liberty interest
in the care, custody, and companionship of their children. The statutes
at issue, Wash. Rev. Cod. § 26.09.240 (prior to 1996 amendments),
allow any person, at any time, to petition for visitation without
regard to one's relationship to the child, without regard to changed
circumstances, and without regard to possible harm to the child.
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