Sec. 1. (a) A child’s grandparent may seek visitation rights if:

(1) the child’s parent is deceased;

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(2) the marriage of the child’s parents has been dissolved in Indiana; or

(3) subject to subsection (b), the child was born out of wedlock.

     (b) A court may not grant visitation rights to a paternal grandparent of a child who is born out of wedlock under subsection (a)(3) if the child’s father has not established paternity in relation to the child.

[Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-1-11.7-2(a).]

As added by P.L.1-1997, SEC.9.