March 20, 2011

The increasing importance of grandparents rights

Grandparents rights are becoming more and more important in our society, as the statistics clearly show. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 7 million children living with a grandparent in 2009, which is […]
March 16, 2011

Investigating grandparents rights

There are many reasons and circumstances where a grandparent may feel the need to investigate grandparent’s rights over their grandchildren. With high divorce rates, teen pregnancy issues, drug problems, abandonment, abuse and sometimes the death […]
March 14, 2011

Do grandparents have rights?

Many people start the journey toward learning about grandparents rights by asking the simplest question first: “Do grandparents have rights?” When you’re looking at the question “Do grandparents have rights?” you must look to the […]
March 8, 2011

An overview of grandparents rights

Although most grandparents find the idea of being unable to see their grandchildren inconceivable. In actuality, however, thousands of grandparents have faced the loss of their visitation rights. Some have successfully negotiated, either in or […]
March 5, 2011

The basis for grandparents rights

Most people will tell you that grandparents do not have any common law rights to see their grandchildren. These people are not entirely correct. There is no basis in constitutional law as regards to grandparent […]
March 2, 2011

Grandparents visitation rights

Grandparents can be awarded visitation rights to their grandchildren, but it is often a difficult process and the difficulty varies from state to state and even court to court. In my book No Greater Loss […]
February 28, 2011

National and state answers on grandparents rights

Today there are more instances than ever where grandparents are seeking court ordered grandparent visitation rights. There are many factors that have led to this: the increase in children born out of wedlock, the increase […]
February 16, 2011

Grandparents who want to pursue grandparents custody

Over the last two decades the numbers of children being raised by their grandparents has increased dramatically. Reasons for grandparents increasing their roles to become parents include things as diverse as parents being incarcerated, drug […]
February 7, 2011

Kansas bill highlights grandparents rights issues

A Wichita state senator and family members of abused and displaced children went before the Senate Judiciary Committee today to try to enhance the status of grandparents in child-custody courts. Senate Bill 52 would automatically […]
February 7, 2011

Explaining grandparents custody

There are two principal situations when the custodial rights of grandparents come into play.  One is when the grandparents wants custodial rights over the child’s real or adoptive parents.  The other is when the grandparent […]