PERRY v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 5486.

108 Cal.App.3d 480 (1980)

166 Cal. Rptr. 583

ROXANNA MARIE PERRY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF KERN COUNTY, Respondent; FREDERICK LEE PERRY, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

July 22, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Young, Wooldridge, Paulden & Self and Michael R. Young for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Richard M. Long for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BROWN (G.A.), P.J.

(1) The issue in this case is whether in a marital dissolution action the superior court has jurisdiction to award visitation privileges to a spouse who is not a parent (natural or adoptive) of a minor child of the other spouse. We hold that it does not because Civil Code section 4351 expressly limits the jurisdiction of the superior court in a marital dissolution action to minors who are "children...

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