In Re Visitation Rights of Fox

HODGES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting visitation rights to Pauline Fox, the maternal grandmother of Tonya Marie Par-tin and Christopher Lee Partin, minor children, who were adopted by appellants, Ralph Willard Partin and Lola Clark Par-tin.

Larry Wayne Partin and Mary Kathleen Partin, nee Hill, were married, and of that marriage two children were born: Tonya Marie Partin, October 18,1967, and Christopher Lee Partin, July 1, 1969. The parents were divorced, and the mother was awarded custody of the two children. Subsequently, the mother was killed in an automobile…