IN RE MARRIAGE OF HARRIS

No. S101836.

17 Cal.Rptr.3d 842 (2004)

96 P.3d 141

34 Cal.4th 210

In re the MARRIAGE OF Karen and Charles Erik HARRIS. Karen Butler, Appellant, v. Charles Erik Harris et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Family Law Appellate Associates, Law Offices of Jeffrey W. Doeringer and Jeffrey W. Doeringer, Huntington Beach, for Appellant.

Karen A. Wyle; Julie E. Mumma, Sacramento; Guralnick & Gilliland, and Anne L. Rauch, San Diego, for the Coalition for Restoration of Parental Rights as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Martha Matthews, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Los Angeles; Charles A. Bird, San Diego, Jordan C. Budd; Joan H. Hollinger; Shannon Minter; and Shannan Wilber for ACLU Foundation of Southern California, ACLU Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties, Child Advocacy Program Law School — Boalt Hall, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Youth Law Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Law Office of Paul W. Leehey and Paul W. Leehey, Fallbrook, for Respondents.

William Wesley Patton for Whittier Law School Legal Policy Clinic as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

David Borges; Law Offices of Gollub & Golsan, Lorraine Gollub; Cooper-Gordon, Freida Gordon; Dawn Gray, Grass Valley; Stephen Temko; Woodruff, O'Hair & Posner and D. Thomas Woodruff for the Association of Certified Family Law Specialists as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Myron Dean Quon, Patricia M. Logue and Jon W. Davidson for Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.

Lawrence E. Fluharty for the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Counsel for Children as Amicus Curiae.


MORENO, J.

The superior court granted extensive visitation rights to the paternal grandparents of a five-year-old girl with the approval of the father but over the objection of the mother, who has sole custody of the child. Applying the United States Supreme Court's decision in Troxel v. Granville (2000) 530 U.S. 57, 120 S.Ct. 2054, 147 L.Ed.2d 49, the Court of Appeal reversed...

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