Maine High Court: Woman Lacked Standing Under Grandparent Visitation Act

(June 20, 2018, 1:28 PM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Maine — A 6-1 Supreme Judicial Court of Maine on June 12 affirmed a trial court judge’s ruling that a woman lacked standing under the Grandparent Visitation Act (GVA) or as a de facto parent to seek visitation of her grandchild, holding that the woman failed to show any “extraordinary contact” with the child (Deborah E. Lamkin v. Corrie L. Lamkin, No. Cum-17-310, Maine Sup., 2018 Me. LEXIS 78)....

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