SULLIVAN v. TUCKER

No. 1999-CA-002168-MR.

29 S.W.3d 805 (2000)

Linda D. SULLIVAN and Ronald Gibson, Appellants, v. Misty J. TUCKER; William Shane Sullivan and Cabinet for Families and Children, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Yewell, Kamuf, Yewell & Pace Owensboro, for Appellant.

Mark Pfeifer, Thacker, Bickel, Hodskins, & Thacker, Owensboro, for Appellees.

Before: COMBS, KNOPF, and TACKETT, Judges.


OPINION

KNOPF, Judge:

Linda Sullivan and Ronald Gibson appeal from a July 29, 1999, order of Daviess Circuit Court denying, in effect, their motion for a declaration of status. They seek to be declared "de facto custodians" of Linda's two grandchildren and maintain that the trial court's refusal to issue such a declaration stemmed from a mis-interpretation of KRS 403.270. Although for reasons somewhat different than those of the trial court, we agree...

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