Zimmer v. Zimmer

KONENKAMP, Justice.

[¶ 1.] ’ In this dispute over grandparent visitation, we are confronted with the question of what due process safeguards a court must apply in weighing a parental decision to deny visitation. When the. grandparents petitioned the circuit court for visitation, both parents opposed asserting that it would harm the children and significantly interfere with their parent-child relationship. But the court concluded that the parents’ opposition was unreasonable and not in the best interests of the children. It allowed two annual, seven-day visits in California. Because a court…