Aegerter v. Thompson

SNYDER, Judge.

This is an appeal by Charles W. Aegerter and Margaret W. Wyss, grandparents of Stephanie Jill Aegerter (now Thompson), from a judgment dismissing their petition for visitation rights with their granddaughter. Respondents are Myrna Sue Thompson, the natural mother of, and John Thompson, the adoptive father of Stephanie.

Appellants claim the trial court erred when it sustained the motion to dismiss because their visitation rights could not be extinguished by the entry of a decree of adoption without notice to them or an opportunity to be heard. Although the trial court, having…