Bjerke v. Bjerke

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] Cory Bjerke and Naomi Sterf appeal from a judgment awarding visitation for their three children to the children’s paternal grandparents under the grandparent visitation statute in N.D.C.C. § 14-09-05.1. We reverse and remand, concluding N.D.C.C. § 14-09-05.1 requires deference for fit parents’ judgment as to the best interests of the children under the grandparent visitation statute.

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[¶ 2] The paternal grandparents of the three minor children, born in 1996, 2008, and 2010, sued the children’s parents for grandparent visitation, alleging visitation is in the best…