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Parents' visitation rights

Kevin Adebayo Ajenifuja v. Anita Ursel Koepcke

Updated Nov 11, 2026

In brief

Where it stands
Dismissed

Petition denied.

What it’s about
Kevin Adebayo Ajenifuja asked the Supreme Court to review his claims that a custody court violated his rights through a private interview of a child, limits on his visits, and its treatment of his neglect allegation.
Who it affects
The denial leaves Ajenifuja without a Supreme Court decision on his due-process and equal-protection claims.

Summary: written with AI from the case record.

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What it's about

The Court refused to hear the case (denied review) without deciding those questions.

Ajenifuja’s filing raised constitutional challenges to how a District of Columbia custody dispute was handled.

Question presented

1. Whether a trial court’s unconsented, private (in camera) interview of a minor child in a custody case violates a parent's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights. 2. Whether limiting a fit parent to four one-hour, virtually supervised visits per year constitutes a mere restriction or a deprivation of the parent-child relationship, amounting to a de facto termination of parental rights without due process of law. 3. Does disregarding a noncustodial parent's allegation of child neglect, while accepting the custodial parent's claim that the minor children do not desire frequent visits with their father, inescapably contradict the Equal Protection Clause as interpreted in F.S. Royster Guano Co. v. Virginia?

Documents

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Docket activity

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  • Brief added: Petition

    Jul 20, 2026 · Court records

Sources

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