What is the test for a mother's "fundamental right to care, custody and control" of her child?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from EMILY S v. The SUPERIOR COURT of LOS ANGELES County, B228386, Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. CK80254 (Cal. App. 2011):
This case presents a narrow issue but its resolution has broad ramifications for this mother's "fundamental right to the care, custody, and control of" her child, Emily. (Troxel v. Granville (2000) 530 U.S. 57, 66.)
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