VAN CLEVE v. HEMMINGER

No. 87-0091.

141 Wis.2d 543 (1987)

415 N.W.2d 571

Mary VAN CLEVE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Linda and Kurt HEMMINGER, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided September 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For petitioner-appellant there were briefs by Lawrence G. Vesely of Olson, Kulkoski, Galloway, Olson & McKloskey, S.C., of Green Bay.

For respondents there was a brief by Gene M. Potack, of Menominee, Michigan.

Before Cane, P.J., LaRocque and Myse, JJ.


MYSE, J.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing Mary Van Cleve's petition requesting the court to order visitation privileges with her grandchildren. Van Cleve alleges that sec. 767.245(4), Stats., empowers the court to entertain a grandparent's petition for visitation where no action affecting the family has previously been filed. We conclude that sec. 767.245(4) applies only to situations involving a previously filed...

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