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JOEL v. WELLMAN

No. C7-96-43.

551 N.W.2d 729 (1996)

Celeste Marie JOEL, et al., Petitioners, Respondents, v. Lenora Lynn WELLMAN, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

July 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. Schading, Barna, Guzy & Steffen, Ltd., Coon Rapids, for Respondents.

Barbara N. Nevin, Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P.A., Edina, for Appellants.

Considered and decided by LANSING, P.J., and SCHUMACHER and DAVIES, JJ.

OPINION

LANSING, Judge.

The district court determined that grandparents had standing to petition for visitation with two grandchildren. Section 257.022 provides standing to petition for visitation with the older grandchild who resided with the grandparents, but neither the statute nor the common law provides standing for a petition on the younger child who did not reside with the grandparents. We remand for findings on whether visitation would serve the...

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