Wheeler v. Winters

Rita and Charles Wheeler Jr. appeal the trial court’s dismissal of their petition for grandparent visitation rights. They contend that (1) the trial court erred in dismissing their petition because it had continuing jurisdiction over the child at the time they filed their petition and (2) the trial court erred in giving full faith and credit to a Kansas decree of stepparent adoption under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act and the Parental Kidnapping Prevention Act because the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas, lacked subject matter jurisdiction to enter the decree and because…