In Re the Marriage of Freel

HARRIS, Justice.

The equities in this case strongly favor a woman who seeks visitation rights with the young boy to whom she is closely knit in bonds of affection. Although not related to him, she nurtured the boy in the role of a mother during five years she lived with his father. Under the controlling legal principles we are obliged to hold she cannot be awarded visitation. We reverse a trial court ruling to the contrary.

It is difficult to imagine a father less deserving of a veto power over visitation. Approximately two months prior to the birth of Travis Von Ahsen, Neal Von Ah-sen married…