Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Enlow
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided January 19, 1989No. 87-SC-895-DG, 88-SC-091-DG and 88-SC-0233-TGPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEIBSON, Justice.
These are three separate cases which were heard together because of a common question of law. In two of these cases the issue is whether grandparents’ rights to seek reasonable visitation as provided for in KRS 405.021 have been cutoff by legal adoption, and one, C.H.R. v. Siegel, involves involuntary termination procedures.
KRS 405.021(1), as presently constituted, states:
“The circuit court may grant reasonable visitation rights to either the paternal or maternal grandparents of a child and issue any necessary orders to enforce the decree if it determines that it is in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Mimkon v. FordSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- Petition of NearhoofWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
- Graziano v. DavisOhio Court of Appeals · 1976
- Jouett v. RhorerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Herndon v. TuheySupreme Court of Missouri · 1993
- King v. KingKentucky Supreme Court · 1992
- In Re the Adoption of a Child by W.P.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 2000
- Hede v. GilstrapWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
- In re Hunter H.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2013
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