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WILLIAMS v. WILLIAMS

Record No. 2260-96-3.

485 S.E.2d 651 (1997)

24 Va. App. 778

Thomas O. WILLIAMS, IV and Sarah Hasty Williams v. Thomas O. WILLIAMS, III and Frances S. Williams.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Salem.

June 3, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harriet D. Dorsey (Dorsey & Hartley, on brief), Blacksburg, for appellants.

H. Gregory Campbell, Jr., Blacksburg, for appellees.

Present: MOON, C.J., and COLEMAN and WILLIS, JJ.

MOON, Chief Judge.

Thomas O. Williams, IV and Sarah Hasty Williams appeal the trial court's order granting Thomas O. Williams, III and Frances S. Williams visitation with the appellants' daughter, Leslie Williams. Appellants assert that Code § 20-124.2(B), as it pertains to non-parent visitation, violates the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

We hold that the parents' right to autonomy in child rearing is a fundamental right protected...

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