Legal Opinion
In Re Nicholas
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 7, 1983No. 82-428-AppealPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEISBERGER, Justice.
This case comes before us on a motion made by adoptive parents to affirm a judgment of the Family Court denying the natural grandfather of an adopted child standing to participate in the adoption proceedings and standing to obtain visitation rights. We grant the motion and affirm. The facts are as follows.
Nicholas was born out of wedlock on March 29, 1978. Subsequently Nicholas’s mother married petitioner who sought to adopt the child by petition filed October 5, 1981. Notice was sent to the natural father in care of the grandfather. The natural father raised no…
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