In re the Marriage of Holm

Mother, who has custody of their child after dissolution of her marriage to father, appeals from a judgment granting grandparent visitation rights to the paternal grandfather. ORS 109.121. Mother argues that the trial court erred in awarding visitation rights. On de novo review, ORS 19.125(3), we reverse.

After mother filed the petition for dissolution, grandfather, who had regularly visited the child, brought this action for grandparent visitation rights. Those rights are purely statutory. ORS 109.121 provides, in pertinent part, that a grandparent may seek a court order establishing…