MITCHELL v. JOHN DOE

No. 8399-0-II.

41 Wn. App. 846 (1985)

706 P.2d 1100

VIRGINIA MITCHELL, Respondent, v. JOHN DOE, ET AL, Petitioners.

The Court of Appeals of Washington, Division Two.

September 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Michael Misner, for petitioners.

Lawrence W. Moore, for respondent.


WORSWICK, C.J.

Does a grandmother have standing to petition for visitation with a grandchild who has been adopted by strangers? The Superior Court, implicitly holding that there was such standing, granted the grandmother's discovery motions. We accepted discretionary review and now reverse, holding that a grandmother has no such standing.

The grandchild, H., went to live with her paternal grandmother, Virginia...

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