Link for opinion: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15130490503433092290&q=Katon+v.+Brandi+ME+2011&hl=en&as_sdt=2,24
The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine held in Katon v. Brandi, 2011 ME 131 (Me Sup. Jud. Ct. 2011) that the grandmother was not entitled to visitation rights.
The maternal grandmother appealed from the District Court’s dismissal of her petition for visitations. This is the third time Katon requested visitation rights of her granddaughter from her daughter and former son-in-law.
Laurie Katon’s granddaughter resided with her from August 2008 to August 2010. Katon continually undermined the father’s determinations to have custody or visitations with his child. Katon was diminishing the relationship that the paternal father was attempting to have with his daughter.
Katon is seeking grandparent visitation rights under the Grandparents Visitation Act, 19-A M.R.S. §1803 (2010). For the majority of the granddaughter’s life Katon held a typical grandparent relationship. By withholding the granddaughter from the father Katon could not establish standing. Grandparents may act as de facto parents granting them rights under “urgent reasons”. The court will not allow “urgent reasons” in this situation due to Katon with holding a child from their parent(s). The entry is Judgment affirmed.
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