Categories: Grandparents Rights

Finding out what grandparents rights are in YOUR state

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neil

When dealing with the issues surrounding grandparents rights it is important to understand that different states do things different ways. Laws regarding things like grandparents visitation rights and grandparents custody issues are not uniform, and much depends on where you live.

All states currently have some type of grandparent visitation rights laws on the books through which grandparents can ask a court to grant them legal rights to maintain their relationships with their grandchildren. Individual state laws, however, vary greatly when it comes to the crucial details, such as who can visit and under what circumstances.

Using resources like The Custody Center you can figure out what the grandparents visitation rights laws are specific to YOUR state. Otherwise, you could spend hundreds of dollars for an attorney to tell you information that is already accessible to you.

Approximately twenty US states have restrictive grandparents visitation rights statutes, meaning that generally grandparents can get a court order for visitation only if the child’s parents are divorcing or if one or both parents have died.

However, other states have more permissive grandparents visitation rights laws that allow courts to consider a visitation request even without the death of a parent or the dissolution of the family, so long as visitation would serve the best interests of the child.

Sometimes in a restrictive state, even divorced parents who agree about preventing grandparent visitation have the right to keep the grandparents away. However, both restrictive and permissive visitation statutes have been challenged in court by parents who argue that the laws are an infringement on parents’ rights to raise their children as they see fit.

The lower courts in turn have made contradictory rulings. It is best to get some quick advice and know before going to a lawyer where your state stands on the issues of grandparents visitation rights.

The Custody Center provides supplements to the legal material they provide which helps you understand how your state handles these issues.

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