Indiana Appeals Court Reverses Grandparent Visitation On Caretaker Rights

Mealey's (April 12, 2021, 12:29 PM EDT) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A caretaker who has started adoption proceedings does not have the fundamental rights to be considered in grandparent visitation proceedings that a parent does, the Indiana Court of Appeals held April 8, reversing and remanding a trial court’s denial of a grandparent visitation order on the grounds that the record showed that court-ordered visitation would be in the child’s best interests....