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Idaho Code § 32-719 (2026)

Visitation rights of grandparents and great-grandparents. 

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Visitation rights of grandparents and great-grandparents. 

The district court may grant reasonable visitation rights to grandparents or great-grandparents upon a proper showing that the visitation would be in the best interests of the child.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 23 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1995–2024 · leading case: Nelson v. Evans, 464 P.3d 301 (Idaho 2020).
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Nelson v. Evans, 464 P.3d 301 (Idaho 2020). · cites it 55× “The Evanses state that they “have abandoned their argument that § 32-719 is unconstitutional,” and the Nelsons agree that “neither of the parties to this appeal has included the constitutionality of Idaho Code § 32-719 in their lists of issues for appeal (or cross-appeal).”
Nelson v. Evans, 517 P.3d 816 (Idaho 2022). · cites it 106× “The Evanses then sought to transfer jurisdiction to North Carolina, arguing that Idaho was an inconvenient forum because the Evanses had just moved to North Carolina and the Nelsons still resided in California.”
Leavitt v. Leavitt, 132 P.3d 421 (Idaho 2006). · cites it 16× “Idaho Code § 32-719 . Appellant Kenneth M.”
Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). · cites it 2× “3 (1999); Idaho Code § 32-719 (1999); Ill. Comp. Stat.”
Peters v. Costello, 891 A.2d 705 (Pa. 2005). · cites it 2× “2d 370, 371 (2005) (state may only impose grandparent visitation "over the parents' objections" on showing that failing to do so would be harmful to child); Idaho Code § 32-719 ; Ind.Code § 31-17-5-1; Kan.”
Nancy J. Shepherd v. John M. Shepherd, 383 P.3d 693 (Idaho 2016). · cites it 2× “• First, I.C. § 32-719 allows the courts to give grandparents reasonable visitation rights under certain circumstances.”
Roth v. Weston, 789 A.2d 431 (Conn. 2002). “001 (1997); Idaho Code § 32-719 (Michie 1999); 750 Ill.”
Jane Doe v. Jane Doe I, 395 P.3d 1287 (Idaho 2017). · cites it 2× “(De Facto Custodian Act enabling relatives related to a child within the third degree of consanguinity to seek custody); Idaho Code section 32-717(3) (enabling grandparents to intervene in divorce case where the child actually resides with grandparent); Idaho Code section 32-719…”
Overholser (Taylor) v. Overholser, 432 P.3d 52 (Idaho 2018). · cites it 2× “Several of Idaho's statutes enable non-parents to seek custody of a child, including Idaho Code section 32-1701 (the De Facto Custodian Act); Idaho Code section 32-717(3) (enabling grandparents to intervene in a divorce case where the child actually resides with a grandparent);…”
Castagno v. Wholean, 684 A.2d 1181 (Conn. 1996). “3 (1993); Idaho Code § 32-719 (1996); Ill. Ann. Stat.”
Webb v. Webb, 148 P.3d 1267 (Idaho 2006). · cites it 2× “3d 421, 425 (2006) (noting that grandparent visitation decisions made pursuant to I.C. § 32-719 are reviewed for an abuse of discretion); see also Miller v.”
Ed H. v. Ashley C., 221 Cal. Rptr. 3d 911 (Cal. Ct. App. 5th 2017). “§ 9-13-103 (b) ["[a] grandparent or great-grandparent may petition a circuit court of this state for reasonable visitation rights"]; Idaho Code § 32-719 ["[t]he district court may grant reasonable visitation rights to grandparents or great-grandparents"]; Iowa Code § 600C.”
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