Hiller v. Fausey

OPINION

Justice BAER.

This Court granted allocatur in this matter to determine the constitutionality of a trial court’s application of the Pennsylvania’s statute governing the provision of partial custody or visitation to grandparents upon the death of their child who is also the grandchild’s parent, 23 Pa.C.S. § 5311.1 The Superi- or Court held that the trial court’s application was constitutional. ■ We affirm.

Shane Fausey (Father) has challenged the grant of partial custody of his son, Kaelen Fausey (Child), then age eight, to Cheryl Hiller, Child’s maternal grandmother (Grandmother). Child…