IN RE MARRIAGE OF BOLSON

No. 85-1774.

394 N.W.2d 361 (1986)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Ruth M. BOLSON and Kenneth Bolson, Jr. Upon the Petition of Ruth M. Bolson, Appellee, And Concerning Kenneth Bolson, Jr., Respondent, Kenneth Bolson, Sr. and Grace Bolson, Paternal Grandparents, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew P. Nelson of Meyer, Lorentzen & Nelson, Decorah, for appellants.

Marion L. Beatty of Miller, Pearson, Gloe, Burns, Beatty & Cowie, P.C., Decorah, for appellee.

Considered by REYNOLDSON, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, WOLLE, and NEUMAN, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

In this case we address the issue of access to the district court by grandparents seeking a post-divorce adjudication of their grandparental visitation rights under Iowa Code section 598.35 (1985). We find that the trial court erred in sustaining a special appearance filed by the mother, thereby precluding the grandparents' action under Chapter 598, but we remand with directions that these proceedings be stayed pending resolution in the juvenile court...

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