State X Passes Legislation That Requires That Unless a Mother

question 9

Multiple Choice

State X passes legislation that requires that unless a mother of children under the age of 7 is found to be unfit, custody in divorce proceedings should be awarded to the mother and not the father. If this statute is challenged, the court will:

• A) defer to the legislature and will not determine whether such a classification of persons is constitutionally permissible.
• B) determine that fundamental rights and suspect classification are involved in this legislation.
• C) only require that the legislation conceivably bears some rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest.
• D) review the legislation to see if the preference to mothers bears a substantial relationship to an important governmental objective.

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