In the Matter of P.B. & T.W.
Annotate this CasePetitioners P.B. and S.B. appealed a Circuit Court order approving a Judicial Referee’s recommendation that their petition for visitation with their grandson C.W. be denied. Respondents T.W. and S.W. cross-appealed the order denying an earlier motion to dismiss the petition. C.W. was born to M.M. and K.B. in 2011. His birth parents died tragically on January 11, 2012. Since then, respondents, M.M.’s sister and brother-in-law, have cared for C.W., initially as guardians and, since June 24, 2013, as adoptive parents. Petitioners, K.B.’s mother and father, had "consistent - but not extensive - contact" with C.W. before his birth parents died and approximately 16 visits between January 17, 2012, and September 1, 2012, after C.W. began residing with respondents. On appeal, petitioners argued that the trial court erred in balancing the factors regarding the best interests of the child. In their cross-appeal, respondents argued that the trial court erred in interpreting RSA 461-A:13 (Supp. 2014) to permit petitioners to maintain their petition for grandparent visitation after the respondents adopted C.W. Finding no reversible error, the Supreme Court affirmed.
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