SCHMIDT EX REL. P.M.S. v. COONS

No. A10-1425.

795 N.W.2d 625 (2011)

In the Matter of Michael S. SCHMIDT, on behalf of P.M.S., petitioner, Respondent, v. Robert H. COONS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Murtha , Murtha Law Office, Duluth, MN, for respondent.

Michael J. Brandt , Jasper & Brandt, P.L.L.C., Anoka, MN, for appellant.

Considered and decided by MINGE, Presiding Judge; JOHNSON, Chief Judge; and CRIPPEN, Judge.


OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.*

Appellant grandfather challenges the district court's decision to grant an order for protection (OFP) in favor of his grandchild, who lived in the household in which appellant abused his daughter, the child's mother. Appellant claims that the district court abused its discretion by issuing the OFP because the child's mother, not the child, was the alleged victim of the abuse. We affirm based on the scope...

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