Legal Opinion

In Re the Marriage of Herreras

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided January 26, 1989No. 2 CA-CV 88-0303PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

FERNANDEZ, Judge.

A grandmother who was granted visitation rights with her grandchildren pursuant to A.R.S. § 25-337.01(A) challenges the automatic termination of those rights upon the adoption of the grandchildren. We affirm.

In December 1984, appellant Jean Jenkins, maternal grandmother of Angela and Nicole Herreras, was granted visitation rights with the grandchildren who were then in the custody of the natural father. In March 1987, the father’s new wife petitioned to adopt the children. At the adoption hearing, the natural mother claimed that her consent to the adoptions had been…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Browning v. TarwaterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1974
  2. In Re the Appeal in Pima County Juvenile Action No. S-933Arizona Supreme Court · 1982
  3. In Re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JD-561Arizona Supreme Court · 1981
  4. In Re Adoption of Child by M.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1976

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hede v. GilstrapWyoming Supreme Court · 2005
  2. Preston v. MercieriSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1990
  3. Beckman v. BoggsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
  4. Enos v. CorreiaMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1995
  5. In re the Appeal in Maricopa County, Juvenile Action No. JA-502394Court of Appeals of Arizona · 1996

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