We have court-ordered visitation with our grandchildren, but our former daughter-in-l

[mamhelp]

Yes--if she and your son are divorced, or if they were never married. According to the language of the Adoption Statute, your visitation rights will be terminated by the stepparent adoption, and any visitation following the adoption would continue strictly on a voluntary basis. This statutory language does not apply where the natural parent is deceased, however, so if your son is deceased, you may still be able to hang on to your visitation rights after the adoption. There is, from time to time, movement in the legislature to change the Adoption Statute language, but this matter is not currently being addressed, and was not addressed in a recent modification of the law, which became effective in March 2002 (through Senate Bill 180).