Visitation rights to a minor child modified.

HF 2804 modifies Minnesota law to allow grandparents or great-grandparents to seek court-ordered visitation with a minor child. It creates a new process where petitioners must prove they have a "substantial established relationship" with the child, visitation is in the child's best interests, and it won't harm the parent-child relationship. The bill requires courts to consider factors like prior contact and the child's benefit from maintaining the relationship, while prohibiting consideration of time apart between the grandparent and child. This change applies retroactively to cases filed on or after January 1, 2022, and repeals the previous, more restrictive provisions.