J.G. v. J. C. , _ S.W.3d _ (Ky. App. 2009), 2008-CA-1023Read More

L.J.P. v. Cabinet for Health and Family Services, _ S.W.3d _ (Ky. App. 2008) 2008 WL 4998635Read More

GRANT V. LYNN 2007-CA-002193 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: NICKELL PRESIDING; MOORE, STUMBO CONCUR COUNTY: CHRISTIAN DATE RENDERED: 10/17/2008 Dad, pro se, appealed TC orders awarding grandparent visitation to Maternal Grandmother with Dad’s children, based on the best interests of the children. Mother is deceased.Read More

McCary et al. v. Mitchell, et al. –S.W.3d—(Ky.App. 2008), 2007 CA-000322-DGRead More

BEARDEN V. MAULDIN 2007-CA-001888 PUBLISHED: REVERSING IN PART, VACATING IN PART, AND REMANDING PANEL: BUCKINGHAM PRESIDING; LAMBERT AND MOORE CONCUR COUNTY: JEFFERSON Mom appealed from TC’s order denying her motion to set aside TC’s judgment awarding permanent custody of Daughter to Paternal Grandparents. Mom further appealed from TC’s order denying her motion for visitation, where...Read More

ZOELLER V. GUTTERMAN FAMILY LAW: GRANDPARENT VISITATION AND ADOPTION 2006-CA-002141 PUBLISHED: AFFIRMING PANEL: THOMPSON, PRESIDING; NICKELL, STUMBO CONCUR COUNTY: JEFFERSON DATE RENDERED: 10/26/2007Read More

Following the digest of Keenan v Dawson, Michigan Court of Appeals Docket No 265725, decided June 5, 2007, Updates In Michigan Family Law gives some great practice pointers in handling grandparent visitation cases.Read More

Howard Basham at How Appealing has posted amicus briefs for and against writ of certiorari in a grandparent visitation case in the US. Supreme Court, Fausey v. Hiller, No. 06-863.Read More

This case is not yet final. Vanwinkle v. Petry, __ S.W.3d __ (Ky. App. 2007), 2007 WL 121965 (Ky. App.) Trial Court ordered that Grandparents were to approve any change in Mother’s visitation with children, though Mother and Father shared joint custody. Trial Court also, sua sponte, increased maternal grandparents’ visitation with minor grandchildren from...Read More

The Family Law Prof Blog reports: “Many thought the U.S. Supreme Court had essentially settled this issue in 2000 when it ruled that Tommie Granville, a mother in Washington state, could limit to once a month her two girls’ contact with their paternal grandparents after the girls’ father had committed suicide. But the issue is...Read More