Ellis v. Bennett

Wendell L. Griffen, Judge.

The appellants in this case, Tommy and Addis Ellis, are the maternal grandparents of a nine-year-old boy named Alex Bennett. Alex is the son of the appellants’ daughter, Melanie Bennett, and her husband, Jack. The Bennetts are the appellees in this case.

The appellants challenge a chancellor’s order denying their petition for grandparent visitation with Alex pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 9-13-103 (Repl. 1998). The chancellor granted the appel-lees’ motion for summary judgment, finding that appellants were not eligible to petition for visitation under the statute…