Court Opinion

ID: 9513776
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:40:27.613435+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:01.998473
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SANDSTROM, Justice,
concurring specially.
[¶ 22] I write separately to once again note that the right of noncustodial parents to visitation is not just a “wish or desire”— not just a statutory right — it is a right of constitutional magnitude. Berg v. Berg, 2002 ND 69, ¶¶ 24-33, 642 N.W.2d 899 (Sandstrom, J., concurring in the result). Unless restricted or forfeited by serious misconduct of the noncustodial parent, noncustodial-parent visitation rights must be vindicated by court judgment and enforced by court action if necessary. See id. at ¶ 32; N.D.C.C. § 14-09-06.6.
[¶ 23] Dale V. Sandstrom