IN RE ADOPTION OF J.M.U.

No. 65,567

16 Kan. App. 2d 164 (1991)

819 P.2d 1244

In the Matter of the Adoption of J.M.U.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 1, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robb W. Rumsey, of Rumsey, Plummer & Rumsey, of Wichita, for appellant Victoria Elder.

John W. Brimer, of Ratner, Mattox, Ratner, Brimer & Elam, P.A., of Wichita, for appellees Kimberly and Scott Spunaugle.

Before REES, P.J., DAVIS and PIERRON, JJ.


Petition for review denied 250 Kan. 805 (1991).

PIERRON, J.:

This is an appeal by Victoria Elder from the trial court's denial of her request for visitation rights with J.M.U., Elder's deceased son's unmarried minor child, after J.M.U. was adopted by maternal relatives following the death of her parents.

J.M.U. was born on February 20, 1989, to Santiago Urquieta and Robin Lee Kilpatrick. On April 12, 1989, when J.M.U. was not yet two months old, Santiago...

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