In Re VICTORIA C.

FAMILY LAW - SIBLING VISITATION - FINDING OF PARENTAL UNFITNESS OR EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES MUST PRECEDE BEST INTERESTS INQUIRY Before a court may order that a sibling, whether full, half, or CINA, have visitation with another sibling, contrary to that sibling’s parent’s wishes, the court must make a threshold finding of parental unfitness or exceptional circumstances indicating that a lack of sibling visitation will have a substantial deleterious effect on the sibling for whom visitation is sought. Circuit Court for Carroll County Case No. 06-I-10-005291 Argued: October 3, 2013 IN THE COURT…