Blixt v. Blixt

The plaintiff, John D. Blixt, is the maternal grandfather of the minor child of the defendants, a boy bom 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 child under G. L. c. 119, § 39D, the so-called grandparent visitation statute (statute). The statute reads, in pertinent part, as follows:

“If…