HB 1481

Abstract

Visitation; petition of grandparent. Removesthe provision providing that, in any case or proceeding in which agrandparent has petitioned the court for visitation with a minor grandchild,and a natural or adoptive parent of the minor grandchild is deceasedor incapacitated, the grandparent who is related to such deceasedor incapacitated parent shall be permitted to introduce evidence ofsuch parent's consent to visitation with the grandparent, in accordancewith the rules of evidence and that, if the parent's consent is provenby a preponderance of the evidence, the court may then determine ifgrandparent visitation is in the best interest of the minor grandchild.