IN RE CUSTODY OF D.M.M.

No. 85-1792.

128 Wis.2d 265 (1985)

382 N.W.2d 73

IN RE the CUSTODY OF D.M.M.: F.P.R., Appellant, v. J.M., Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the brief of David H. Bennett and Bennett & Bennett of Portage, and Alan J. White and Helland Law Offices of Wisconsin Dells.

For the respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of Mary Gibson-Glass and Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., of Madison.

Before Gartzke, P.J., Dykman and Eich, JJ.


EICH, J.

F.P.R. appeals from an order denying her petition for court-ordered visitation with D.M.M., her grandniece. The sole issue is whether sec. 767.245, Stats., authorizes trial courts to order visitation for persons other than the child's parents, grandparents or great-grandparents. Because the plain language of sec. 767.245 limits the exercise of visitation rights to those listed in the statute—parents, grandparents and great-grandparents—we affirm...

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