T.N.Y. ex rel. Z.H. v. E.Y.

Bruns, J.:

The maternal grandparents (the Grandparents) of a minor child appeal from a district court order dismissing their motion for grandparent visitation because it was filed in a paternity action rather than in a divorce proceeding. Although the child’s mother (the Mother) has participated in this appeal, the child’s father (the Father) has chosen not to do so. We find that the district court properly interpreted the plain and unambiguous language of K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 23-3301(a) as limiting the authority of a district court to grant grandparent visitation only in dissolution of marriage…