Mississippi High Court: Step-Grandfather Does Not Meet ‘Grandparent’ Criteria

Mealey's (October 10, 2019, 3:21 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A majority of the Mississippi Supreme Court on Oct. 3 reversed an award of grandparent visitation to a step-grandfather because he did not meet the statutory criteria of a “grandparent” under Mississippi Code Annotated Section 93-16-3 (Rev. 2018) (April Quen Garner v. Judi L. Garner, et al., No. 2018-CA-00962-SCT, Miss. Sup., 2019 Miss. LEXIS 357)....

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