Curtis v. Coleman
Cases that cite this one
5 later published cases cite this decision.
- King v. King (Ky. 1992)
- Cantu v. Cantu (Ind. Ct. App. 1990)
- Tinsley v. Plummer (Ind. Ct. App. 1988)
- Matter of Guardianship of Green (Ind. Ct. App. 1988)
- In re Morris (Ala. Civ. App. 1986)
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Opinion
The sole issue raised in this interlocutory appeal is whether a maternal grandmother can obtain court ordered visitation rights *891 with her granddaughter pursuant to the provisions of Ind.Code 31-1-11.7-2. Under the facts of this case, we hold that she cannot.
The statute permits the court to order grandparent visitation in two instances; one where a parent is deceased and the other being where the parent’s marriage has been dissolved. Neither situation exists here.
As Judge Neal recently stated in the case of In Re: The Visitation of J.O., (1982) Ind.App., 441 N.E.2d 991:
As a court, we are constrained to uphold the plain meaning of the statute and to carry out the true intent of the legislature. . Thompson v. Thompson, (1972) 259 Ind. 266, 286 N.E.2d 657; In the Matter of the Estate of Wisely, (1980) Ind.App., 402 N-E.2d 14. We hold that the Grandparent’s Visitation Statute limits third-party grandparents seeking visitation rights to the above-described two instances, ...
The trial court erred in setting aside its ruling on summary judgment.
Judgment reversed.
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