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BLIXT v. BLIXT

437 Mass. 649 (2002)

JOHN D. BLIXT v. KRISTIN BLIXT & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

September 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George P. Lordan, Jr. (Dennis P. Derrick with him) for John D. Blixt.

Sheila S. Lewinger for Kristin Blixt.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

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

Rochelle Bobroff & Michael Schuster, of the District of Columbia, & Deborah Banda for AARP.

Fern L. Frolin, Martin W. Healy, & Carol A.G. DiMento for Massachusetts Bar Association.

Mary L. Bonauto, Jennifer L. Levi, & Karen L. Loewy for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders.

Ronald A. Witmer, Mark I. Berson, & Philip J. Byers for American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Massachusetts Chapter.

Christine Durkin & Pauline Quirion for Greater Boston Legal Services & another.

David D. Meyer, of Illinois, & Thomas J. Carey, Jr., pro se.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN. & CORDY, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

The plaintiff, John D. Blixt, is the maternal grandfather of the minor child of the defendants, a boy born on June 10, 1993. The defendants have never married each other, but the defendant Paul Sousa has been adjudicated the child's father. The child resides with his mother, the defendant Kristin Blixt (mother), and the defendants share legal custody of the child. The plaintiff filed a complaint in the Probate and Family Court seeking visitation with the...

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