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SANTI v. SANTI

No. 00-0181.

633 N.W.2d 312 (2001)

Joe and Lois SANTI, Appellants, v. Mike and Heather SANTI, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

September 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Schlapkohl of Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Swartz, Stoltze, Schuling & Levis, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas J. Berg, Des Moines, for appellees.

Karen A. Wyle, Bloomington, Indiana, for amicus curiae Coalition for the Restoration of Parental Rights.

Rochelle Bobroff and Michael Schuster, Washington, D.C. for amicus curiae AARP.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal concerns that portion of Iowa's grandparent visitation statute that permits court-ordered visits regardless of whether circumstances such as divorce, the death of a parent, or an adoption have otherwise prompted court intervention in the family's affairs. See Iowa Code § 598.35(7) (1999). Here, married parents in an intact nuclear family oppose, on constitutional grounds, the paternal...

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