No. 20-1516

Veronica V. Badescu v. Catalin S. Badescu

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: best-interest-standard child-custody civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process family-law parental-rights standing state-interest vagueness
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Precisely what constitutes a compelling state interest justifying deprivation of a fit parent's—and primary caregiver's—constitutional right to legal and physical custody of her child in a divorce?

2. Is the "best interest of the child" standard, as it pertains to Ohio Revised Code §§ 3109.03, 3109.04 and 3109.051, unconstitutionally vague and broad?

3. Does overzealous application of the state-law principle that courts speak only through their journal entries violate the Due Process Clause?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Precisely what constitutes a compelling state interest justifying deprivation of a fit parent's—and primary right to legal and physical custody of her child in a divorce?

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-04-27
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2021)

Attorneys

Veronica V. Badescu
Veronica V. Badescu — Petitioner