HEARD v. COLEMAN

73873.

181 Ga. App. 899 (1987)

354 S.E.2d 164

HEARD et al. v. COLEMAN.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee R. Hasty, for appellants.

Michael C. Smith, for appellee.


McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal, we must determine whether the superior court erred by granting a paternal grandmother's petition for visitation rights after the child was adopted by her stepfather. We think the superior court did err and we reverse.

Plaintiff, who resides in Pennsylvania, is the paternal grandmother of a ten-year-old child. Until recently the child also lived in Pennsylvania with her mother, defendant Wanda Heard. The mother married...

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