Kentucky High Court Upholds Preponderance-Of-Evidence Standard In Visitation Suit

Mealey's (March 19, 2019, 1:51 PM EDT) -- FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Supreme Court on March 14 upheld a ruling granting limited visitation to the paternal grandfather of two children in the permanent custody of their maternal grandparents, finding that the trial court properly applied the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard because the clear and convincing evidence standard applies only where a grandparent visitation dispute involves a custodial parent (David Morton, et al. v. Bruce Tipton, No. 2018-SC-000390-DGE, Ky. Sup., 2019 Ky. LEXIS 81)....

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