In Re Parentage of C.A.M.A. 154 Wn 2nd 52 (2005)

Outcome: Erosion of all further visitation rights for grandparents

Description: Litigation concerned grandparent rights in the State of Washington. The ruling determined that otherwise fit parents constitutional rights to autonomous decisions regarding relationships for their children is not overcome by a best interests test that a court may otherwise employ, notwithstanding a long term beneficial relationship the child enjoyed with her grandmother.