best-interests
10 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-89 | Jonathan Lee, et al. v. Poudre School District R-1 | Tenth Circuit | 2025-07-23 | Denied | Amici (3)Relisted (2) | best-interests child-custody due-process parental-rights school-district state-intervention | Whether a school district may discard the presumption that fit parents act in the best interests of their children and arrogate to itself the right to… |
| 24-5005 | Daniel Scott Robinson v. Supreme Court of Hawaii | Hawaii | 2024-07-03 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | age-of-majority best-interest best-interests burden-of-proof constitutional-challenge due-process family-law federal-funding state-sovereignty | 1. The State of Hawai 'i abandoned its jurisdiction and state sovereignty in Domestic Relations and family court law when it willingly accepted federa… |
| 23-7551 | In Re Kinley MacDonald | 2024-05-23 | Denied | IFP | best-interests child-custody constitutional-rights due-process family-law judicial-discretion | Question not identified. | |
| 23-6604 | Nicole Johnson v. Massachusetts Department of Children and Families | Massachusetts | 2024-01-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 7th-amendment best-interests child-custody due-process jury-trial massachusetts-rule-38 parental-rights sua-sponte termination termination-of-parental-rights | 1. Whether the petitioners right to due process and 7th amendment right and Massachusetts ruie 38 Jury Trial of Right was violated when petitioner fil… |
| 22-6333 | N. P. v. Vermont, et al. | Vermont | 2022-12-19 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | best-interests child-welfare due-process first-amendment fourteenth-amendment parental-rights santosky-standard unfitness | This case concerns the constitutionality of Vermont law governing the termination of parental rights, specifically, whether it is a violation of the F… |
| 21-1356 | M. H. v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, et al. | West Virginia | 2022-04-18 | Denied | Response Waived | best-interest-analysis best-interests child-welfare due-process due-process-clause foster-care foster-child-bill-of-rights grandparents statutory-interpretation west-virginia-law | Whether the Supreme Court of Appeals misinterpreted the Foster Child Bill of Rights under West Virginia statutory law to the detriment of the child in… |
| 20-1375 | Kristina Box, Commissioner, Indiana Department of Health, et al. v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | 2021-04-01 | GVR | Amici (7)Relisted (2) | abortion abortion-rights best-interests civil-rights constitutional-privacy constitutional-rights due-process judicial-bypass minor-consent minors parental-notification parental-rights | When a court permits an unemancipated minor to have an abortion, may the State require that her parents be notified before the abortion occurs except … |
| 19-638 | N. B. D. v. Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services | Kentucky | 2019-11-18 | Denied | CVSGAmici (1)Relisted (2) | best-interests deportation federal-law homeland-security immigration immigration-law juvenile-protection predicate-findings special-immigrant-juvenile special-immigrant-juvenile-status state-court-jurisdiction state-courts | Whether federal law requires state courts of competent jurisdiction to make predicate findings for special immigrant juvenile status determinations up… |
| 18-8939 | Daisy T. v. Arizona Department of Child Safety, et al. | Arizona | 2019-04-22 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | best-interests best-interests-of-the-child child-welfare clear-and-convincing-evidence due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment parental-rights termination-of-parental-rights | 1. Whether The State Of Arizona Failed To Terminate Mother's Parental Rights By At Least Clear & Convincing Evidence As Required By The Due Process Cl… |
| 18-5761 | Kourtney Herman v. Crystal Young, et al. | Illinois | 2018-08-24 | Denied | IFP | best-interests best-interests-standard custody custody-rights due-process fourteenth-amendment parental-responsibilities parental-rights standing | (1) Whether a state court's application of a "best interests" standard in custody/parental responsibilities filed by a person other than a parent, vio… |