MATTER OF MEEK

No. 1-1082A309.

443 N.E.2d 890 (1983)

In the matter of Pamela Jean Meek. Patricia Curtis, Respondent-Appellant, v. THELMA J. COLEMAN, Petitioner-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, First District.

January 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmen Brummet, J. Mark Robinson, Legal Services Organization of Indiana, Inc., New Albany, for respondent-appellant.

Frank E. Newkirk, Jr., Salem, for petitioner-appellee.


ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.

The sole issue raised in this interlocutory appeal is whether a maternal grandmother can obtain court ordered visitation rights 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...

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