In re Adoption of Ridenour

In stepparent adoptions, where the grandparent is the parent of the deceased natural parent, the courts have been sometimes willing to extend visitation rights, post adoption, to such grandparents. Graziano v. Davis (1976), 50 Ohio App.2d 83, 400 3d 55, 361 N.E.2d 525; In Re Thornton (1985), 24 Ohio App.3d 152, 493 N.E.2d 977.

There is no Ohio authority for the proposition inherent in the instant case, i.e., that where all parental rights are terminated in the juvenile court, parents of the biological parents have standing to collaterally claim visitation rights in a stranger adoption.

If that…