In Re the Adoption of G.D.L.

SUMMERS, Justice.

Both the unwed mother and father of G.D.L. consented to her adoption by petitioners, an unnamed couple, who filed their petition to adopt. The maternal grandmother sought to intervene to secure visitation rights in the event an adoption is granted by the court, or, in the alternative, to adopt the child herself. The district court denied grandmother’s motion to intervene, finding that the grandmother had no standing to intervene because there is no specific statutory authority allowing such action. From this ruling grandmother appeals.

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DOES A GRANDPARENT HAVE STANDING TO…