California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Barnick v. Office of Admin. Hearings, C086170 (Cal. App. 2019):
children from unwarranted state interference with their relationships with their parents.' [Citations.] Moreover, 'the First Amendment protects those relationships, including family relationships, that presuppose "deep attachments and commitments to the necessarily few other individuals with whom one shares not only a special community of thoughts, experiences, and beliefs but also distinctively personal aspects of one's life." ' [Citations.]" (Lee v. City of Los Angeles (9th Cir. 2001) 250 F.3d 668, 685 (Lee).)5
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