EVERETT v. ECKHART

No. 84-0933.

39 Pa. D. & C. 3d 198 (1985)

Everett v. Eckhart

Common Pleas Court of Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

May 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Bayer, for petitioners.

Roger N. Nanovic, II, for respondents.

Holly A. Heintzelman, for the child.


LAVELLE, P.J., May 15, 1985.

This case squarely raises the question whether adoption of a grandchild by the stepmother terminates the grandparents' visitation rights. We hold that it does not.

The facts are simply stated.

Petitioners Melvin S. J. Everett and his wife Anna C. Everett (hereafter grandparents) are the maternal grandparents of Marc Allan Eckhart, born January 13, 1972. Respondent Timothy Eckhart (hereafter father) is the natural...

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