S-25-0220 Jerome Biegler and Michelle Biegler (Appellees) v. Toi Sonthana (Appellant)
Appeal from the District Court for Lancaster County, Judge Ryan S. Post
Attorneys: J.L. Spray and Sally A. Rasmussen (Mattson Ricketts Law Firm, LLP for Appellant) and Linsey A. Camplin (Camplin Bird Legal Group for Appellees)
Civil: Grandparent visitation
Proceedings below: Grandparents petitioned for visitation. The district court granted visitation between the grandmother and the grandchildren but denied the grandfather visitation with the grandchildren. On its own motion, the Nebraska Supreme Court ordered this case to be transferred from the docket of the Nebraska Court of Appeals to its docket.
Issues: Appellant assigns the following errors: 1) The trial court erred in finding that Michelle had a significant beneficial relationship with the two minor children; 2) The trial court erred in finding that it would be in the children’s best interests for Michelle’s relationship with the children to continue; 3) The trial court erred in finding that Michelle’s relationship with the children would not adversely interfere with the children’s relationship with their mother; 4) The trial court erred in failing to accord sufficient weight to the presumption in favor of a fit parent’s decisions; 5) The trial court erred in finding Michelle had met her burden of proof by clear and convincing evidence; 6) The trial court erred in granting grandparent visitation to Michelle when the grandparents petitioned the court jointly and live together; 7) The trial court erred in entering a visitation order that does not sufficiently carry out the findings and orders of the court or sufficiently protect the children; and 8) The trial court erred in entering the visitation schedule it did.