Categories: Grandparents Rights

Some States Get Grandparents Rights Right

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neil

Just imagine these 246,600 children from non-intact families denied the right of visitation by their grandparents. South Carolina has set a precedent in 2014 with HB4348, identical to proposed Connecticut bill HB7244 of 2017 and now 2018 bill HB5212. It’s been making families healthy and happy again. Other states such as Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine, NY and NJ changed their laws but ongoing emotional and psychological abuse continues in Connecticut, so does opioids, alienation, domestic violence and financial disaster. At any municipal court in Connecticut, a grandparent visitation application adviser attorney will tell you it’s a waste of time and money. Connecticut has made a mess of the family. Why don’t elected officials replace “bondage statute 46b-59” for grandparents?

— Emidio C. Cerasale

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