The maternal grandmother sought an order extending the statutory timeline to file an openness application regarding her two grandchildren, who had been placed for adoption.
She argued the adoptive parents breached a voluntary openness agreement and asked the court to use its parens patriae jurisdiction to extend the timeline and enforce the agreement.
The court dismissed the motion, finding that an openness agreement is not enforceable as a court order and that the specific facts did not justify exercising parens patriae jurisdiction, as doing so would further delay permanency for the children.
