Olds v. Olds

McCORMICK, Justice.

Plaintiffs are maternal grandparents of four children with whom they seek visitation rights over the objection of the children’s mothers, defendants in this case. The trial court held in adjudicating law points on separate motions by defendants that the court lacked authority to order visitation in these circumstances. We affirm the trial court.

Iowa Rule of Civil Procedure 105 permits a party to obtain an adjudication of “any point of law raised in any pleading which goes to the whole or any material part of the case.” The adjudication cannot be made if any material facts…