“Courts cannot enter the realm of family unless there is a compelling state interest”

Why do we give courts the right to rule family life?

The US Constitution explicitly bans it.

But it happens all the time.

How?

In many states, the minute you file for divorce, you are starting a lawsuit and once you do that you give the court the power to regulate your family’s actions.

Every agreement does not have to be a court order – unless the courts get involved and once the courts get involved, the families lose the ability to make their own decisions and regulate themselves.

Part Two: The Sandra Grazzini-Rucki case