In the Matter of Estate of Thurgood

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• visitation order upheld where child lived with maternal grandparents for three years and was regularly cared for by her grandparents throughout her life and father denied grandparent visitation following mother's sudden death
• “The U.S. Supreme Court has long upheld the state’s use of its parens patriae authority to protect children in many arenas; . . . . [t]he state’s power to protect the best interests of minor children also extends to divorce proceedings and custody determinations.”
• visitation order upheld where child lived with maternal grandparents for three years and was regularly 13See, e.g., Jones v. Jones, 2013 UT App 174, 307 P.3d 598 (Utah Ct. App. 2013); Doe v. Doe, 172 P.3d 1067 (Haw. 2007); Koshko v. Haining, 921 A.2d 171 (Md. 2007

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