Faust v. Messinger

HESTER, Judge:

Appellant, a grandmother, has appealed from an order which denied her visitation rights with her grandson following his adoption. Said order also refused to reopen the proceeding which had resulted in his adoption by appellees. Her claims are based on: 1) the fact that the boy’s father killed his wife (the boy’s mother and the appellant’s daughter), 2) the allegedly intentional and malicious acts of appellees in withholding from her the child’s whereabouts as well as the pendency of the adoption proceeding, 3) the Custody and Grandparents Visitation Act [CGVA], 23 P.S. § 1001 et…