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IN MATTER OF C.G.F.

No. 91-0293-FT.

168 Wis.2d 62 (1992)

483 N.W.2d 803

IN the MATTER OF the GRANDPARENTAL VISITATION OF C.G.F.: H.F. and F.F., Appellants-Petitioners, v. T.F. and D.L., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Randall E. Rhode, and Rhode Law Office, Portage and oral argument by Randall E. Rhode.

For the respondents there was a brief by Barbara S. Hughes and Stolper, Koritzinsky, Brewster & Neider, S.C., Madison and oral argument by Ms. Hughes.

STEINMETZ, J.

The issue in this case is whether a trial court can award visitation rights to grandparents under sec. 880.155, Stats., notwithstanding the child's adoption by a stepparent.1 The circuit court for Sauk county, Honorable James Evenson, judge, concluded that it was in the best interest of the minor child to have visitation with her paternal grandparents. The court included a provision, however, which stated that the order would...

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