BEAGLE v. BEAGLE

No. 85971.

678 So.2d 1271 (1996)

Dewey Keith BEAGLE, et al., Petitioners, v. Roy Thomas BEAGLE, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

August 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. J. Sheppard and Richard W. Smith of Sheppard and White, P.A., Jacksonville, and Stephen Donohoe, Jacksonville, for Petitioners.

Nancy N. Nowlis, Jacksonville, for Respondents.

Ross Baer, Sue-Ellen Kenny and Jeanine Germanowicz, West Palm Beach, for amicus curiae, Sayge Schreckengost and Scott Schreckengost and The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc.

Andrew H. Kayton, Legal Director, Miami, for amicus curiae, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida.


OVERTON, Justice.

We have for review Beagle v. Beagle, 654 So.2d 1260 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995), concerning the sensitive family law issue of grandparental visitation rights. Specifically, we address only the 1993 amendment to section 752.01 of the Florida Statutes. Prior to such modification, the statute at issue allowed the award of grandparental visitation in four other distinct family situations. The constitutionality of those...

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