# Ex Parte Bronstein

> Supreme Court of Alabama · May 6, 1983 · 434 So. 2d 780

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9932691

## Case

- **Full name:** Ex Parte Mary Murphy Bronstein and Alvin C. Bronstein. (Re John Murphy and Nancy Murphy v. Mary Murphy Bronstein and Alvin C. Bronstein).
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** May 6, 1983
- **Citations:** 434 So. 2d 780
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Shores
- **Judges:** Maddox, Shores, Torbert
- **Cited by:** 45 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

I agree that the common law does not recognize, and never has, any right of visitation by grandparents. I hope, however, that the Legislature will address this issue and pass legislation extending to grandparents a right to retain and maintain a relationship with the children of their children. Precious little remains of the family structure, which played such a vital part in the development of this nation. It seems unconscionable to allow its further fragmentation.
EMBRY and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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