O'Brien v. Shepley

GRISBAUM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying the paternal grandparents’ (who are also the adoptive parents) rule to terminate the visitation by the maternal grandparents of a minor child whose parents are both deceased. We affirm.

Three issues are presented:(1) Whether the trial court lacked subject matter jurisdiction?(2) Whether Louisiana Revised Statute 9:572(B) is applicable when both parents of a minor child are deceased?

*83(3) Whether the trial court abused its discretion in its determination of what is in the best interest of the child?

The parents of Erin E. O’Brien are…