Lott v. Alexander

FAIR, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This appeal arises from a chancellor’s order granting Robert and Annie Alexander visitation rights with their great-grandchildren under Mississippi Code Annotated section 93-16-3 (Rev.2013). Julia “Beth” Lott, the children’s mother and their daughter’s daughter, raises two issues on appeal: (1) the Alexanders do not have standing under section 93-16-3, and, in the alternative, (2) the chancellor erred in finding Lott unreasonably denied visitation. We find the first issue to be disposi-tive. We hold, consistent with the Legislature’s definition of “grandparent” and…