Nevada: Appeals Court Reverse That Grandmother is Entitled Visitation Rights. By: Jennifer M.

Link for opinion: http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=5920887283538118788&q=nevada+child+custody+or+child+visitation+cases&hl=en&as_sdt=2,24&as_ylo=2011

The Nevada Court of Appeals Reversed in Rennels v. Rennels, 127 Nev. Adv. Op.49( Nev: Supreme Court) that the grandmother of the child is entitled to visitations since there was not any substantial change in circumstances before it was terminated therefor it was not in the best interest of the child.

The paternal grandmother petitioned the court for nonparental visitation pursuant to NRS 125C. 050 which allows a nonparent to seek visitation rights. The father opposed to this and filed a motion to dismiss or for summary judgment.

The grandmother, Aubrey Rennels, had built a bond with the child (Martina) after the father Roger and child moved in with grandmother in northern California. They lived with Aubrey for five months where the child and Aubrey became very close. Father and daughter moved to Texas where Aubrey had visited Roger and Martina several times, and the child visited with Aubrey for several weeks in 2002. Then in 2003 Roger and child moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where Roger married his current wife who adopted Martina in 2006, Roger disapproved of the contact between Aubrey and child and had not allowed the child to see Aubrey since 2004.

The court reversed the order after they found that there was no substantial change in circumstances before the termination of the appellant’s nonparent visitation rights with her granddaughter therefor it was not in the best interest of the child.

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