Preston v. Mercieri

This case requires us to consider the availability of court-ordered grandparent visitation, and to determine, for the first time, whether the adoption of a child by a stepparent, which automatically extinguishes the rights of a natural parent, also divests the court-decreed visitation rights of grandparents on that side. The defendant, Lorraine Preston Mercieri, appeals from an order of the Superior Court (Nadeau, J.) denying her motion to terminate visitation privileges previously awarded to the plaintiff. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The plaintiff, Marie Rose Preston, is the…