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PATTERSON v. KELEHER

No. 84-24.

365 N.W.2d 22 (1985)

Beverly A. PATTERSON, Appellant, v. David KELEHER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

March 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Redmond and John D. Ackerman of Gleysteen, Harper, Eidsmoe, Heidman & Redmond, Sioux City, for appellant.

Edward J. Keane and Alice S. Horneber of Margolin, Gildemeister & Willia, Sioux City, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and McCORMICK, McGIVERIN, LARSON, and SCHULTZ, JJ.

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

This appeal from a contempt proceeding requires us to analyze, for the first time, whether a grandparent's court-decreed right to visit a grandchild survives that child's adoption by a stepparent. Trial court held the adoption, granted without notice to the grandparent, cut off the latter's rights and dismissed the contempt action against the natural father who refused visitation. We reverse and...

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