Kneefel v. McLaughlin

Mother and father (appellants) appeal from a judgment of the trial court in which the court refused to vacate a stipulated visitation order that provides respondent, mother’s former domestic partner, with visitation with S, appellants’ son. They contend that, under the United States Supreme Court decision in Troxel v. Granville, 530 US 57, 120 S Ct 2054, 147 L Ed 2d 49 (2000), 1 respondent’s rights under the visitation order were automatically terminated when father formally adopted mother’s son and, therefore, the visitation order should be vacated as a matter of law. We affirm.

Mother…