Legal Opinion

R.F. v. M.M.

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided October 19, 2010No. 20100046PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SANDSTROM, Justice.

[¶ 1] M.M., the mother, appeals from a judgment declaring E.F. the father of the child, R.J.M., and awarding grandparent visitation to R.F. We hold R.F. had standing to bring the paternity action and the court’s decision to award grandparent visitation is not clearly erroneous. We affirm the judgment.

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[¶ 2] A child, R.J.M., was born in early 2008. The mother and E.F. were never married, but had a sexual relationship before the child was born. E.F. died a few months after the child was born. The mother lived in North Dakota at the time of the child’s birth, but she moved to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Advanced Magnetics, Inc. v. Bayfront Partners, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  3. Wickham v. ByrneIllinois Supreme Court · 2002
  4. B.H. v. K.D.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1993
  5. Hartleib v. SimesNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2009

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. State, County of Cass ex rel. Schlect v. WolffNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2011
  2. D.E. v. K.F.North Dakota Supreme Court · 2012
  3. Kulbacki v. MichaelNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2014
  4. Bjerke v. BjerkeNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2014
  5. In re S.B.North Dakota Supreme Court · 2014

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