Grandparent Visitation

The Mississippi Court of Appeals decided Lott v. Alexander located here.  This was a case of first impression.  The issue before the court was whether a great-grandparent met the definition of a grandparent within the meaning of Mississippi's grandparent visitation statute.  The trial court said they did.  The Court of Appeals examined the constitutional law issues and determined that the statute was to be strictly construed.  As such, a great-grandparent was not a grandparent within the meaning of the statute.  This resulted in the Court of Appeals reversing and rendering the award of grandparent visitation to the great-grandparents.  I would suspect the legislature to take a stab at amending this statute in light of this case.