SPENCE v. STEWART

No. 96-4162.

705 So.2d 996 (1998)

Daphne SPENCE, Appellant, v. Erica STEWART, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 4, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Wolff of Law Offices of Arthur M. Wolff, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

James O. Walker, III, Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


WARNER, Judge.

A grandmother seeking to establish visitation rights with her out of wedlock grandson appeals the trial court's order declaring section 752.01(1)(d), Florida Statutes (1995), unconstitutional as violative of the right of privacy. Because we have long recognized a grandparent's right to request visitation in divorce and paternity proceedings, we reverse.

The appellee, the mother of the child in question, filed a paternity action against the father...

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