Maner v. Stephenson, 342 Md. 461, 677 A.2d 560 (1996)

Grandparents filed petition for visitation with their grandchildren, who lived with their mother and father in intact nuclear family. The Circuit Court, Wicomico County, Alfred T. Truitt, Jr., J., denied petition, and grandparents appealed. Prior to hearing by the Court of Special Appeals, the Court of Appeals issued writ of certiorari. The Court of Appeals, Murphy, C.J., held that: (1) visitation was not in children’s best interests, and (2) there was no rebuttable presumption in favor of visitation by grandparents.  Affirmed.