Leavitt v. Leavitt

TROUT, Justice.

This case involves Idaho’s grandparent visitation statute which allows a court to award reasonable visitation rights to a grandparent upon a proper showing that visitation would be in the best interests of the child. Idaho Code § 32-719. Appellant Kenneth M. Leavitt (Leavitt), the child’s father, appeals the district court’s award of visitation rights to Respondent Tracee Crawford (Crawford), the child’s maternal grandmother. Because we conclude the magistrate judge’s decision terminating Crawford’s visitation rights was based on substantial evidence and was not an abuse of…