While no testimony was offered, statements by counsel in the presence of all parties, revealed that the visitation between appellees and Amanda went well for the first three weeks, but then discontinued.Д¬ounsel for appellant contended that visitation had ceased because appellant disapproved of certain things which the appellees permitted the child to do during the visits. Capuzzi pursuant to the petition for rehearing. On May 19, 1983, a hearing was held before the Honorable Conrad B. On March 31, 1983, however, a petition for rehearing was filed by the appellees alleging that appellant, while initially complying with the visitation agreement, refused to continue to allow the appellees visitation with Amanda. This pre-hearing visit was observed by Margaret McGarrity, a caseworker representing Fayette County Children and Youth Services, who concluded that while the relations between the parties remained strained, the interaction between the grandparents and the child was positive.ДЄt the conclusion of the hearing on January 6, 1983, a tentative agreement was reached between the parties for visitation by the grandparents of Amanda Miller on a regular basis. Subsequent to February 26, 1982, the only visit between the child and the appellees was a pre-hearing visit ordered by Judge Capuzzi.

*251 Since August 18, 1981, visits between the appellees and their grandchild were few and the ones which occurred were strained. The parties also bickered over certain items of personal property belonging to the deceased, which appellant wanted returned to her. However, shortly after the death of Alan Miller, the relationship between the parties deteriorated due to disagreements regarding which lawyer the appellant should retain to handle the civil lawsuit resulting from her husband's death, as well as a disagreement over appellant's desire to buy a gravesite next to her deceased husband's gravesite.

Prior to Alan Miller's death, the relations between appellant and her in-laws, the appellees, were stable as the parties frequently saw each other when the appellees visited their grandchild. Testimony further disclosed that Alan Miller was involved in a fatal accident on August 18, 1981. Testimony at this hearing revealed that the child, Amanda Miller, was born of the marriage between Alan Miller and Cindy Miller, the appellant, and that this couple had lived next door to the appellees. Capuzzi of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County. On January 6, 1983, a hearing on this petition was held before the Honorable Conrad B. This case originated when a petition for visitation of Amanda Miller, born February 26, 1981, was filed by Robert D.

We disagree, and for the reasons stated below, affirm the Order awarding visitation to the appellees. Appellant contends that due to the hostility, tension and conflict existing in her relationship with the appellees it would be in the best interests and welfare of the child for the court to deny visitation by the appellees. This is an appeal from an Order entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County awarding visitation rights to appellees, the paternal grandparents of Amanda Miller, appellant's daughter.

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