What is the test for a parent's right to have custody of their children?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from McLaughlin v. Cnty. of El Dorado, NO. CIV. S-10-2551 LKK/GGH (E.D. Cal. 2012):

Rogers v. County of San Joaquin, 487 F.3d 1288, 1294-95 (9th Cir. 2007) (emphasis added); see Mueller v. Auker, _______ F.3d ________, 2012 WL 5328669 at *3 (9th Cir. October 25, 2012) ("parents have a 'constitutionally protected right to the care and custody of [their] children' and cannot be 'summarily deprived of that custody without notice and a hearing,' except where 'the children [are] in imminent danger'") (citations omitted).

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