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Veronica V. Badescu v. Catalin S. Badescu

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Ohio, Franklin County, No. 18AP-947 · judgment September 3, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Precisely what constitutes a compelling state interest justifying deprivation of a fit parent’s—and primary caregiver’s—constitutional right to legal and physical custody of her child in a divorce?

  2. Is the “best interest of the child” standard, as it pertains to Ohio Revised Code §§ 3109.03, 3109.04 and 3109.051, unconstitutionally vague and broad?

  3. Does overzealous application of the state-law principle that courts speak only through their journal entries violate the Due Process Clause?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Veronica V. Badescu

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 16 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Apr 27 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 1, 2021)