In Re the Guardianship of A.J.A. and L.M.A., Minor Children J.C. v. J.B. and S.B.

DAVID, Justice.

The Grandparent Visitation Statute is very specific as to under what circumstances a trial court may order grandparent visitation. It does not provide a means by which the paternal grandmother may seek visitation when her son has murdered the mother of her two grandchildren. The order granting grandparent visitation was void, and the trial court correctly vacated its original order which mistakenly granted such visitation. '

Facts and Procedural History

On April 23, 2008, M.A. murdered 1 his wife, C.A., in the presence of their two small children, five-year-old A.J.A. and…