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IN RE SANTORO

No. C7-97-1526.

594 N.W.2d 174 (1999)

In re Petition of Louis SANTORO and Carole Santoro for Visitation Pursuant to Minnesota Statute § 257.022.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl A. Blondin, Oakdale, for appellant.

Carl E. Norberg, St. Paul, for respondent.

Timothy T. Ryan, Ryan Law Firm, Chisago City, for Children.

Janet Snider, North Branch, Guardian ad Litem for the Borgstrom Children.

Mary Catherine Lauhead, Co-Chair of Amicus Committee, Family Law Section, Michael D. Dittberner, Co-Chair Amicus Committee, St. Paul, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Family Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Ass'n.

Gail Chang Bohr, Executive Director, Children's Law Center of Minnesota, St. Paul, Nancy A. Wiltgen, Leonard, Street & Deinard, Minneapolis, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae Children's Law Center of Minnesota.

John S. Garry, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, Attorney for the Solicitor General.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.

OPINION

BLATZ, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents the issue of whether the trial court abused its discretion in awarding visitation to the petitioning maternal grandparents, respondents Louis and Carole Santoro, over the objections of the children and their adoptive parents, appellants Stella and Kenneth Borgstrom. The Borgstroms are also the children's paternal grandparents. The court of appeals ruled that the trial court had not abused its discretion...

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