Bishop v. Piller

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether or not a paternal grandparent of a child born out of wedlock may be awarded visitation *43rights when the child’s father has no legal relationship with the child or the mother of the child. This question requires us to apply the Grandparents’ Visitation Act, 23 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 5311-5314.

This proceeding is based on the following events. Appellant Lisa Piller, the mother, met Norman Bishop, the father, late in 1987 and they began dating early in 1988. She soon became pregnant and gave birth to Patrick…