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Iowa Code § 598.35 (2026)

Grandparent — great-grandparent — visitation rights. Repealed by 2007 Acts, ch 218, §208. See §600C.1

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Cited in 26 cases, 1981–2007 · leading case: Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000).
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Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000). · cites it 4× “5 (1999) (same); Iowa Code § 598.35 (Supp. 1999) (same; visitation also authorized for great-grandparents); Wis.”
Santi v. Santi, 633 N.W.2d 312 (Iowa 2001). · cites it 5× “See Iowa Code § 598.35 (7) (1999). Here, married parents *314 in an intact nuclear family oppose, on constitutional grounds, the paternal grandparents’ asserted right to visit their three-year-old granddaughter over the parents’ objection.”
McMain v. Iowa Dist. Court for Polk Cnty., 559 N.W.2d 12 (Iowa 1997). · cites it 14× “We have, however, recognized the authority of a court to order grandparent visitation in certain closely circumscribed cases: (1) when it is authorized by statute, Iowa Code § 598.35 (1993); e.g., see Olds, 356 N.”
Blixt v. Blixt, 774 N.E.2d 1052 (Mass. 2002). · cites it 2× “Code § 3104 (a)(1) (Deering 1994); Iowa Code Ann. § 598.35 (7) (West 2001); Kan.”
In Re Marriage of Howard, 661 N.W.2d 183 (Iowa 2003). · cites it 3× “See Iowa Code § 598.35 (1) (permitting a petition for grandparent visitation when “[t]he parents of the child are divorced.”
Castagno v. Wholean, 684 A.2d 1181 (Conn. 1996). · cites it 2× “1996); Iowa Code § 598.35 (1993); Kan. Stat. Ann.”
Vest v. State Ex Rel. New Mexico Human Servs. Dep't, 866 P.2d 1175 (N.M. Ct. App. 1993). · cites it 2× “7 -2 (1992); Iowa Code Ann. § 598.35 (West Cum.Supp. 1993); Kan.”
Strouse v. Olson, 397 N.W.2d 651 (S.D. 1986). · cites it 4× “Olson petitioned an Iowa District Court in January 1981, for grandparent visitation rights pursuant to Iowa Code § 598.35 (1974). This action led to the execution of a Stipulation by Richard and Olson, which permitted the latter to visit the children every fourth weekend and on…”
Spiker v. Spiker, 708 N.W.2d 347 (Iowa 2006). “See Iowa Code § 598.35 ; id. § 598.41; see also id.”
In Re the Marriage of Rykhoek, 525 N.W.2d 1 (Iowa Ct. App. 1994). · cites it 2× “Iowa Code § 598.35 (1993). However, this statute does not apply when the grandparents seeking court-ordered visitation are the parents of the custodial parent.”
Krieg v. Glassburn, 419 N.E.2d 1015 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981). “1980); Iowa Code Ann. § 598.35 (West Supp.1980); Mo.”
Petition of Ash, 507 N.W.2d 400 (Iowa 1993). “See Iowa Code § 598.35 . In Olds , the grandparents *403 were denied visitation because they did not fit into any of the situations described in the statute.”
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