Grandparents United for Children’s Rights, Inc.
Amicus Curiae
Judith Sperling Newton, Counsel of RecordGrandparents United for Children’s Rights is an organization formed to assist grandparents and other kin to have access to their families through issue resolution, support services, and information retrieval on a nationwide basis. Judith Sperling Newton practices in the areas of adoption, termination of parental rights, child protection, and appellate law for the firm Stafford Rosenbaum. She received her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on November 19, 1999.Determination of the constitutionality of…