Glidden v. Conley

¶ 1. Appellant Morris Glidden appeals from a Windham Family Court order denying his motion to reconsider the court’s award of visitation rights to Lois Mech, the maternal grandmother of Glidden’s biological daughter, Amanda. Glidden, whose parental fitness is unquestioned, argues that the court’s order deprives him of his constitutionally-protected right to decide whether, and on what terms, his daughter should have contact with her grandmother. We agree, and hold that the court unconstitutionally applied the statute governing grandparent visitation. We therefore reverse the visitation order.

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